Lisa ElleryLisa Ellery is the author of the outback police procedurals Private Prosecution and Hot Ground. Lisa was raised on a farm near Esperance on Western Australia's south coast. She studied law and arts at the University of Western Australia before returnng to regional WA in 1998 to commence her career as a lawyer in the goldmining city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. She soon fell in love with Kal and its people, and in 2008 she started her own law firm there. Lisa is married to Simon Ellery, a geologist. She divides her time between running her law firm, running marathons and writing. Read More Read Less