Comedy

I started doing stand-up comedy when I entered Triple J’s Raw Comedy Competition and won the Victorian final. In 2006 I received a Brian Macarthy Memorial Award (Moosehead) for my show, Kathy Smith Goes to Maths Camp.

This year I wrote and performed a comedy show about teaching called Chalk and Talk with Christina Adams as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Review here.

Studies and Work
I completed a double degree in Arts/Science with a major in Chemistry and Honours in Indonesian. I now work at Museum Victoria. Melbourne Museum is a very nice place to work because I can visit Phar Lap at lunch times.

Writing
In 2006 I moved to Washington DC to be with my partner who moved there for work. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a job so I had a lot of spare time. DC has a lot of interesting museums and galleries and I visited them all, literally. After I spent an afternoon in a museum dedicated to revolutionary musketry I knew I needed to find something else to do. I’d always wanted to write a young adult novel, so I did. Loving Richard Feynman was published by University of Queensland Press in August 2009.

My next book is about a girl who has just finished Year 12 and moves to Washington DC, doesn’t have anything to do and then starts hanging out with a group of anarchists. This is not as autobiographical as it sounds. Clara in Washington was published by University of Queensland Press in June 2011.

What I’m writing now
I'm writing a story about a Grade 4 girl who really wants a pony.

I also really enjoy listening to audiobooks. I write about them on my blog Read by.