After a highly successful career in corporate communications, Avril Tremayne decided she needed a little more romance in her life.

And having tried her hand at shoe selling, nursing, teaching, and short-order cooking, before braving the corporate ladder as a high flying executive mixing it up with the business elite and an occasional celebrity, Avril has gathered more than enough raw material to kick-start a swag of tall tales.

She lives in Sydney, Australia, where her husband and daughter try to keep her out of trouble - not always successfully.

She's a mad keen traveller, with more favourite cities than should be strictly allowable, and loves giving travel advice to anyone who asks - and a good few who don't!

When she's not writing or reading, Avril can generally be found eating - although she does not cook - drinking wine, and obsessing about shoes.