Carol AstburyCarol is a member of the Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers' Centre in Greenmount, Western Australia, and a long-time member of the Thursday Night writing group. In 2021, Carol was awarded a two-week Fellowship at KSP. She has been a participat in 'Write-a-book-in-a-day' 2007-2021 and a regular contributor to the Thursday Night Group Anthologies. Carol was a marriage and funeral celebrant for forty-three years. In that time, she worked closely with her clients, telling their stories to enhance and develop personally rewarding and deeply meaningful ceremonies. She is passionate about this story, Remembrance of Love and War, which reflects the life of her grandfather. Many years of research, including travelling to Britain and France, have culminated in this work. Carol's second work is of a very different genre. She is collating an anthology of short stories she has written in the field of Australian Gothic. Written over ten years, the stories are based on her personal and work experiences whilst travelling through the Kimberley, Northern Territory and along the Eyre Peninsular. Carol lives in Woodbridge, Western Australia. She is married to Jim. She has three adored children, Kate, Joanna and Nathanael and four grandchildren ... and not forgetting Gracie, their adorable pooch. Read More Read Less