Annette Tyson

Annette always dreamed of writing but a career in medicine and raising two wild boys meant that her passion for story telling had to wait.
Her first novel, ‘Garrow Head’, set partly in Low Head, Tasmania is a historical novel loosely based on her ancestor, the renowned colonial painter John Glover. Ten years in creation, the novel reflects her enduring interest in Tasmanian history, family heritage and true stories from the past.
Her love of storytelling also extends to children’s literature. Her two picture books about a turtle called Bertie were inspired by her rescue of a turtle tangled in fishing line.
She is currently working on her second novel, exploring the lives of Chinese tin miners in northeastern Tasmania during the nineteenth century.