Kate Lance

KATE (CM) LANCE grew up at Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia. She holds Arts and Science degrees and a PhD in Astronomy. She worked for many years in Internet technology, but in 2000 ran across the story of the charmed life of an old Broome pearling lugger, Redbill, and discovered the joys of historical research and writing.Kate Lance's first book, Redbill: From Pearls to Peace, won the 2004 Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction. Her second book, Alan Villiers: Voyager of the Winds, won the Mountbatten Maritime Award in 2009. Her novels include The Turning Tide, published by Allen & Unwin, and Atomic Sea and Silver Highways, published by Seabooks Press.