Carole Cogdon graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor of Creative Arts degree and followed on with an MA English Literature from ACU. She lives on the NSW Central Coast and commutes to Sydney to work four days a week. For the past five years Carole has been writing special bound books of short prose and creating coffee table books as gifts for family and friends. In 2008 she decided to take her writing to the next level and began submitting her short prose pieces in competitions.