the Author
Paula Welch
If you asked me ten years ago, is it possible to change your profession in your mature years, I would have said it would be difficult. But after completing my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing and Literature, it gave me the skills and confidence I needed to start writing down all my novel ideas which had sat in my back pocket for many years.
Whether my writing will become my actual profession or just a hobby, time will tell. But what I can say with 100% certainty, if you want something bad enough, don’t tell yourself you can’t do it, and more importantly, don’t give up. From small things, big things grow…
I want to thank Readers’ Favorite for their 2021 Honorary Award for A River of Fortune. This is my first award and has given me a great sense of confidence in my writing. My second award was for The Interlopers, which one first prize in the children’s Readers’ Choice Book Awards, 2022.
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New Release
The Jewel Thief
Jubilee Jones returned to her home town of Bowral to face an uncertain future. Alone with her thoughts, she decided to do some gardening.
While digging up some neglected rose bushes in her garden, Jubilee inadvertently digs up an old biscuit tin. Expecting to find animal bones inside, she instead finds twenty-four pieces of opulent jewellery…