Sharon Archer was born in New Zealand and grew up around the Air Force bases where her father was stationed. She went on to train in medical science, working in hospital laboratories. Although, books had always been a part of her life, it never occurred to her that writing could be an occupation until a television interview many years ago with Mills & Boon author, Valerie Parv. She now lives in country Victoria, Australia, with her husband Glenn, one lame horse and five pensionable hens.