About
Vicki Stevens’ writing journey began with her father’s storytelling about boyhood mischief, and her family's shared love of reading. This instilled in her a desire to tell her own stories, both real and imaginary. A penchant for uncovering secrets—most likely birthed from sneaky habits of eavesdropping and snooping as a child—ignited an interest in clever mysteries, with Agatha Christie novels and the investigations of Sherlock Holmes topping the list. The chills gained when reading Wuthering Heights, The Turn of The Screw, Rebecca, Dracula - and watching anything brought to the screen by Alfred Hitchcock - drew her to suspense-filled thrillers. Combined with an avid interest in genealogy, she enjoys writing evocative family history mysteries and stories that surprise and thrill.
In 2006, she and her family relocated to the picturesque town of Dayboro on Brisbane’s rural fringe. The tranquility and ambience of country living stirred her creativity. Out of a desire for encouragement in her writing, she formed a local writers’ group, Writers Rendezvous, which has since flourished in membership and achievements. In her role as co-ordinator, she has helped other aspiring authors to the point of publication.
Uncovering life stories within her family tree, and a fascination with an historic local rail disaster motivated her to write Shaking Trees, the first book in her Abby Eaton Mystery series. At present she is working on the second book in this series, Saving Dragonflies, and will soon be publishing Flames to a Moth, a coming-of-age thriller written collaboratively with Gary Horwood, a memoir writer and old school friend.
In 2006, she and her family relocated to the picturesque town of Dayboro on Brisbane’s rural fringe. The tranquility and ambience of country living stirred her creativity. Out of a desire for encouragement in her writing, she formed a local writers’ group, Writers Rendezvous, which has since flourished in membership and achievements. In her role as co-ordinator, she has helped other aspiring authors to the point of publication.
Uncovering life stories within her family tree, and a fascination with an historic local rail disaster motivated her to write Shaking Trees, the first book in her Abby Eaton Mystery series. At present she is working on the second book in this series, Saving Dragonflies, and will soon be publishing Flames to a Moth, a coming-of-age thriller written collaboratively with Gary Horwood, a memoir writer and old school friend.
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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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