Author. Speaker. Survivor Advocate. Mentor. Festival Director.

Hello and thank you for dropping by. I'm an award-winning author, freelance writer, speaker, writing teacher/mentor and survivor advocate. I write and speak about social justice, gendered violence and the environment, drawing upon both research and my lived experience of sexual abuse and domestic violence.

My latest memoir Groomed, about going through the Australian justice system as a complainant in a historical childhood sexual abuse case,  can be purchased here. You can see my other books here. I also write short non-fiction and opinion pieces, some of which can be seen here.

For a list of my upcoming speaking events, please look here. You can watch and listen to some of my interviews here. If you’d like to book me as a speaker or to run a workshop at your next corporate event, organisation or school, please contact my speaking agents, on my contact page.

In 2019, I founded and was the festival director of the Mountain Writers Festival, Australia's first writers' festival to focus exclusively on the environment. The festival ran in 2022 and 2024, and will next run in 2026. You can find out more about the festival and sign up for updates  here.

​I have degrees in music, literature, environmental science/marine biology and a PhD in creative writing. I work with my pets sleeping at my feet, a cup of cold Earl Grey tea on my desk, and a view of Geboor/Mt Macedon out the window.

I live with my husband, our three children and many pets on Wurundjeri country (in Victoria's Macedon Ranges), on unceded land, one hour from Naarm/Melbourne.

>> Sonia