J MARY MASTERSJ Mary Masters (Judith) was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia in the 1950s, the youngest of four children and raised on a cattle property. For more than twenty years, she was involved in the magazine publishing industry as a senior executiveHaving now given up full time magazine work, Judith is devoting her time to her writing career, with an emphasis on writing for women readers. Her stories feature a mix of town and country settings, drawing heavily on her early country life. To date she has published five books, Julia's Story; To Love, Honour and Betray; Return to Prior Park and more recently, Heirs and Successors (2023) and its companion title First Born Son (2023).She is a member of the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA). She has completed a Year of the Novel course with QWC and a short fiction writing course with noted literary agency Curtis Brown.Judith now lives on Queensland's Sunshine Coast with her husband Peter. Read More Read Less