Roni Askey-Doran, author

Roni Askey-Doran has been writing since she could hold a pen. At four, she began to write stories to read to her teddy bear at bedtime. At fifteen, with a desire to see the world, she became a chef and traversed the globe with her knives, settling wherever she could find work. While working and travelling, Roni journalled daily, and kept in close contact with her budding inner-author.

In 1995, Roni fell headfirst into the role of freelance journalist while living in the Middle East and she's been writing professionally ever since.

An independent scallywag at heart, Roni established her own magazine publishing business while living in Istanbul, Turkey. Entitled 'Istanbullshit', the monthly English-language magazine catered to the country's large ex-pat population for three years. A self-confessed peripatetic antipodean, Roni has also had travel articles published in prominent magazines and newspapers all over the world.

Always brimming with literary ideas, Roni has written three novels; two women's literature: drama / biographical fiction, and one women's literature: comedy, as well as two travelogues; collections of true short stories about her own outrageous globetrotting adventures. Her ever-present chef-self also collaborated with her writer-self to write three cookbooks about allergen-free food. She reckons eight books in eight years is not a bad effort.

Roni is also a survivor of sexual abuse. She fought for justice from 1992 to 2002 and finally got her abuser to trial in 2004. Victorious, Roni immediately wrote her third novel, Chasing Unicorns; a fictitious account of her own experiences of abuse and achieving justice. This is her second novel about abuse, the first is Pendulum, about coming to terms with abuse. Roni is also a public speaker and often finds herself in front of a podium sharing her deeply moving personal story.

Meanwhile, Roni's comedy series; Annus Horriblis: Diary of a Nobody, a novel about Kirsten Smith, a hapless thirty-something career woman who just can't seem to get her life to work out, has taken a backseat for the time being.

The sequel is also bursting out of her brain and she plans to write her fourth novel later this year.

Roni is a very young 38 years old, happily single, and currently lives in Townsville, North Queensland.

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Roni Askey-Doran official website

Interviews

Interview - 3rd Febraury 2005

Media Man Australia

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