After leaving her convent school, Miranda Lee briefly studied the cello before moving to Sydney, where she embraced the emerging world of computers.

Her career as a programmer ended after she married, had three daughters and bought a small acreage in a semi-rural community. She yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money.

When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! She never looked back.