Sara Warneke (born 2 June 1957 in Penola, South Australia), better known by her pen name Sara Douglass is an Australian fantasy writer who lives in Hobart, Tasmania.
A great-grand-daughter of psychic Robert James Lees, Sara attended Annesley College, in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide. She studied for her BA while working as a Registered Nurse, and later completed her PhD in early modern English History. She became a lecturer in medieval history a...
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Sara Warneke (born 2 June 1957 in Penola, South Australia), better known by her pen name Sara Douglass is an Australian fantasy writer who lives in Hobart, Tasmania.
A great-grand-daughter of psychic Robert James Lees, Sara attended Annesley College, in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide. She studied for her BA while working as a Registered Nurse, and later completed her PhD in early modern English History. She became a lecturer in medieval history at La Trobe University, Bendigo. Whilst there she completed her first novel, BattleAxe, which launched her as a popular fantasy author in Australia, and later as an international success.
Until the mid-2000s, she hosted a bulletin board on her website, which encouraged creative thinking and constructive criticism of others' work. The bulletin board was closed due to her other commitments, although many of its posters continue to contribute to other bulletin boards. Sara now maintains an online blog about the restoration project of her house and...
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