Rachael Treasure was born in Hobart in 1968 and now lives on a sheep farm in Tasmania with her husband, children and a menagerie of farm animals. Rachael began her working life as a jillaroo (trainee farmhand) before attending Orange Agricultural College in New South Wales. She was a rural journalist before becoming a full-time novelist. River Run Deep (published under the title Jillaroo) was a bestseller for Penguin Australia. For more information visit Rachael's website Treasure's Tales www.rachaeltreasure.com