Lucy Watson studied English and History at the University of Melbourne (with an exchange to the University of Edinburgh to further study history). After a decade of writing and performing sketch, scripted and stand-up comedy (including several Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows), she began work on For All The Gold, her first completed historical novel manuscript. She has been published in online magazines and newspapers including The Age, Time Out, In Batmania (now By The Nylex) and Collider, and spent well over a decade working as a copywriter and marketing manager in the brewing, hospitality and media industries. Also a trained actor and singer, Lucy has performed in plays at the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe Festivals, and worked in radio, film and television. Now living in the Macedon Ranges, Victoria, over the past few years she has played lead roles in Legally Blonde, Mamma Mia! and We Will Rock You with the Kyneton Theatre Company, hosted the Romsey Carols, come runner-up in Castlemaine Idyll, and performed at markets and events around the region.