About
Vicki Stevens grew up listening to her father’s tales about daring boyhood adventures and courageous feats as a soldier in the Australian Army, This, along with a love of reading, and a vivid imagination, instilled in her a desire to tell her own stories. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien opened her eyes to the fantastical, Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle to clever mysteries, and the chills gained from reading Wuthering Heights, The Turn of The Screw, and Rebecca ignited a passion for suspense. Combined with a keen interest in genealogy, she now enjoys writing evocative and thrilling mysteries inspired by events from her family's history.
Shaking Trees, the first book in her Abby Eaton Mystery series was published in 2018, with the second book, Saving Dragonflies, available end of 2021. Flames to a Moth, a coming-of-age thriller written collaboratively with Gary Horwood, a memoir writer and old school friend, was published in 2020.
The tranquility and ambience of living in an area near the picturesque town of Dayboro, on Brisbane’s rural fringe, stirs Vicki's creativity. Writers Rendezvous, a group formed by her to learn the craft of writing and encourage local writers, has flourished in membership and achievements to the point of publication for many members.
Shaking Trees, the first book in her Abby Eaton Mystery series was published in 2018, with the second book, Saving Dragonflies, available end of 2021. Flames to a Moth, a coming-of-age thriller written collaboratively with Gary Horwood, a memoir writer and old school friend, was published in 2020.
The tranquility and ambience of living in an area near the picturesque town of Dayboro, on Brisbane’s rural fringe, stirs Vicki's creativity. Writers Rendezvous, a group formed by her to learn the craft of writing and encourage local writers, has flourished in membership and achievements to the point of publication for many members.
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Vicki Stevens publishes under her imprint Bloodwood Press, which represents her interests in genealogy, and mystery/thriller writing. |
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Favourite Quotes'Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.' - Anton Chechov 'There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.' - Ernest Hemingway The writer is by nature a dreamer - a conscious dreamer.' - Carson McCullen |
'And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.' - Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 'No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader.' - Robert Frost 'I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.' - Joss Whedon 'A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.' - Stephen King, Skeleton Crew 'I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.' - James A. Mitchener |
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