Fiona McIntosh
Australian writer
Fiona McIntosh (born 1960) is an English-born Australian author of adult and children's books. She has also written under the pen name Lauren Crow.
Early life and education
Fiona McIntosh was born in Brighton, England, in 1960. As a child she spent some months in Ghana, West Africa, where her father worked for a mining company.
After studying marketing in Brighton followed by a stint in a public relations job in London, she travelled to Australia at the age of 21, where she met her future husband, Ian, in Alice Springs. They moved to Adelaide, South Australia, where they founded a monthly magazine, Travel News Australia.
McIntosh wrote as a hobby before attending a writing workshop around 2000 in Tasmania led by writer Bryce Courtenay, who encouraged and mentored her.
Other activities
McIntosh founded a fantasy book club in Adelaide in the early 2000s, whose members included Sean Williams, Tony Shillitoe, Joel Shepherd, Shane Dix, Lian Hearn, and David Cornish.
She has run writing workshops and taught fantasy writing at TAFE college.
Career
McIntosh writes fantasy novels for adults and children.
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