It's the story of friendship. A deep friendship that neither Melissa Brinkley nor Andrew Wyatt were prepared to risk for love.
It's a story of heartbreak and hope. Of two people with extraordinarily bad timing.
It's a story or relationships within and between families.
It's a bumpy story of running away and of new beginnings set between the Bangalow, Boston, Brisbane and Byron Bay.
I've a deep connection to the far north coast of New South Wales in Australia where my novel Over Byron Bay is set. My great grandparents owned a farm a little way out of Byron Bay and grandparents a farm at nearby Mullumbimby.
I started writing Over Byron Bay in my last year at university in Lismore which is also located in the beautiful Northern Rivers area of New South Wales. For all the wannabe writers out there, let me report that it’s never too late to tell your story. It took 30 years for me to get Over Byron Bay written and published and I’m thrilled with my heart wrenching story of loss and love.