Talented Lavender Sleipnir

I am a writer based in Australia whose work empowers the undermined and defies stereotypes. As a war survivor, an immigrant, and a woman in STEM who built the life she once dreamed of, I write from lived experience. That perspective shaped my memoir A DIME FOR PEACE and my women's fiction novel with book club appeal, THE HOUSE OF CARDBOARD. They both received 'get it' accolades from Kirkus Reviews.

My most enthusiastic critics are my six rescue cats: experts in keyboard ambushes, approving purrs, and nap-based inspiration. They also volunteer as characters in my middle grade series SPHYNX AND FLUFFY TAIL.

I’m a lifelong fan of science and speculative fiction. Asimov, Clarke, Sagan, and Herbert shaped my imagination and inspired my two sci-fi novels: LOVE LOST IN DARK MATTER and DALLANDRA'S BEACH.