Camilla Chance was born in London in 1940 and moved to Australia as a young girl. She wrote her first novel at 18 but her father forced her to withdraw from this contract as she was still legally his "property" until she was 21. She kept writing, however. She graduated in Arts from Melbourne University. Wisdom Man, was her instant Australian bestseller and winner of USABookNews.com Award for best multicultural work. She was the first Non-Aboriginal to the Unsung Hero Award, the first for a Non-Aboriginal for her friendship and work "behind the scenes." Camilla has also been an advocate for Australia's indigenous peoples, in part because of her Baha'i faith's belief in unity. She also drew upon her extraordinary 27- year friendship with Banjo Clarke, whose life and teaching were the crux of her Wisdom Man. She's been a lyricist for an international performing group The Kuban Cossacks, a high school teacher, and an editor for Faber & Faber Publishers in London. Upon returning to Australia, she wrote book reviews for two prestigious Australian newspapers - The Age and The Australian. Melissa & Kasho is her literary Young adult novel, that explores bullying and She is currently at work on her memoir, Warrumyea: The Left-Handed Woman, a companion work to Wisdom Man. And she also is married and became a mother as well.
