Carmel McMurdo Audsley is an Australian Journalist and Author who lives in Brisbane. Drawing on her Scottish heritage, her books are set in Scotland and Australia. 'Murder In The Bush' is based on the true story of a young Scotsman who travelled to Australia in 1885. He worked hard in the canefields of Maryborough and had dreams of owning his own plantation. He started droving horses overland and made a lot of money but he didn't get a chance to spend it as he met a madman in the bush near Mackay. Her 'The Undertaker' series sees young Kate take over her father's undertaking business in Edinburgh in 1858. 'Seven Deadly Sinners' was published in 2019, and is set in an outback pub in Queensland in 1957. 'Conviction', published in 2022, is a sweeping saga set from 1797 when a young girl from the Highlands of Scotland is sent to the new penal settlement in New South Wales to serve a seven year sentence for a crime she did not commit. She longs to return to Scotland, face her tyrannical father, and reveal a dark secret.