Ruby Jean Cottle

Born and raised in Sydney, after a career in fashion, creative direction and digital media, Ruby Jean Cottle returned to her high-school love — writing — when she became a mother.

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Her storytelling explores the power of the natural world through a lens of romance, the paranormal, fantasy and sci-fi, which culminate in her debut novel, Black River. A fresh take on the vampire genre set in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, it's a coming of age story that continues in book two of the duology, White Mountain, out in September.

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Ruby now lives in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales with her husband and their three sons.