My novel is called It Sounded Better In My Head. It’s the story of eighteen-year-old Natalie, who is dealing with her parents breaking up, her best friends getting together, and her own potential romance. Set in the summer between high school and university, it’s part feel-good rom-com, part coming-of-age.

Here’s what some very kind and lovely authors have said about it:

“I am all-caps OBSESSED with this achingly insightful, utterly charming, beautiful heart-punch of a book. Instant favorite.”
— Becky Albertalli
“Loved. Loved. Loved it”
— Melina Marchetta
“I loved this delightful, funny, big-hearted book.”
— Melissa Keil
“It was love at first chapter for me.”
— Emily Gale
“This book is delicious—beautiful, funny, real and supremely honest. I devoured it.”
— Claire Christian
“The most gorgeous, tender-hearted, funny and beautifully awkward story I’ve read all year…I loved this book. Just inhaled it”
— Rebecca Sparrow

It was shortlisted for the following literary awards:

  • Finalist, American Library Association’s William C Morris Award, 2021

  • Shortlisted, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, 2020

  • Shortlisted, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards, 2020

  • Shortlisted, Young Adult, Indie Book Awards, 2020

  • Shortlisted, Book of the Year for Older Children, Australian Book Industry Awards, 2020

  • Shortlisted, Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards, 2020

You can find out more about the book over on Text’s website (Australian edition) or Flatiron’s website (US edition). It’s available in all good bookshops in Australia, US and Canada.

If you’re in Australia and want to buy online, you can buy it from Readings, Booktopia, Dymocks, The Avenue, Avid Reader, Gleebooks, QBD or Angus & Robertson.

If you’re in the US and want to buy online, you can find it at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, IndieBound or Powell’s.

Here’s where you can find it on GoodReads. And you can listen to a Spotify playlist of songs that I was listening to when writing and editing the book.

The Australian cover, designed by Imogen Stubbs with illustrations from Giulia Rosa

The original Australian cover, designed by Imogen Stubbs with illustrations from Giulia Rosa

The US cover, designed by Philip Pascuzzo