Carrie Cox was born and raised in Mackay. A tomboy with a penchant for backyard cricket and hitting canetoads with a nine-iron, she was once lapped by Cathy Freeman in a junior 100m final. Becoming a journalist, Carrie worked for various magazines and newspapers, including TV Week, Practical Parenting (where she is the Deputy Editor), Encore and The Sunday Telegraph. She now works solely freelance (read: in pyjamas) and is the author of Carrie On', a weekly humour column syndicated to various regional newspapers, including The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), The Illawarra Mercury and The Cairns Post. This is her first book.
