After growing up in a beachside suburb of Sydney, Australia, Janni Nell travelled overseas, working in the UK before returning to Sydney, where she now lives.

Janni began writing in her late teens. She has won prizes for short story but her dream was to publish a novel. Carina Press fulfilled that dream when Allegra Fairweather: Paranormal Investigator was published in June 2010.  The second Allegra Fairweather novel, South of Salem, was released in May 2011. The third installment in the series, Island of Secrets, will be published in 2012.

Janni’s goal is to write more books featuring Allegra and her drop-dead gorgeous guardian angel, Casper.

When Janni isn’t writing, you can find her line dancing.

Favourite sayings:
Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity.
The harder you work the luckier you get.

Favourite movies:

MAMMA MIA! (gotta love Abba)

A Fish Called Wanda

Bridget Jones’ Diary

Nurse Betty

Favourite cuisine:
Italian (my taste buds say yes but my hips say no)

Favourite holiday destination:
Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia. Vineyards, chocolate, cheese. What more could you wish for.

Favourite TV shows:
Extras
Just Good Friends
American Idol
Homeland
The Project

Favourite Books:
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
The Autumn Castle by Kim Wilkins
The Starbridge and St Benet’s series by Susan Howatch