J.M. Anderson was raised in  rural Victoria.  She has lots of brothers and one precious sister, five wonderful children, a stack of amazing grandchildren, and a husband who spoils her. 

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She holds a Diploma of Teaching, IECD  Kew, and has taught Kindergarten and Primary School.  She has also obtained her qualification as a Chiropractic Assistant through RMIT, Melbourne.  She is active in community affairs and between 2010 - 2015 led a successful campaign to save and develop a public park, working with Local and State Government.  Currently she is employed as a business manager, but writing remains her passion.

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She loves to write, to become a channel for this art form,  to allow the work to flow through her, to paint pictures and build auras with words, creating images so vivid the words disappear.  She writes from the heart, through hard won experience, so her words ring true.  She has a love of Australia: the Aussie humour, vernacular, courage and mateship, and this shines through her writing.

Her debut novel, Adjustments Down Under, was released in December 2018.  Her latest book, Wallace Avenue Community Park, A Short History, was released in April 2024.