About Athena

Athena Law lives and writes in the lush Queensland hinterland. She’s recently won a lovely trophy for her poem ‘A Rural Devotional’ at the Bookness Creative Writing Awards, the Not Quite Write Prize for her creepy little flash fiction ‘It Never Rains But It Pours’ in January 2024, and an award in the 2023 Scarlet Stilettos. Her words have been published by MiNDFOOD magazine, Sisters in Crime, The Ekphrastic Review and Romance Writers of Australia, with three stories appearing in print anthologies and more work forthcoming elsewhere. An expert level procrastinator, she has avoided completing her first novel by attempting to train her ragdoll cats to be more affectionate, listening to writing podcasts, and baking her way through her grandmother's recipe book.

From her humble beginnings as a donkey trainer and camel groomer aged just twelve, Athena has gone on to live in three countries, 40 houses and explore dozens of hobbies including medieval reenactment, experimental gardening (otherwise known as "Is It Dead?" horticulture) and enthusiastic wine tasting. Her career experience has ranged from working at a goth nightclub, a short (cold) stint as an artist’s model, corporate trainer, baby sleep consultant and restaurateur. She now works in real estate, basically hanging out in charming homes chatting to nice people, which she would do for free anyway.

Athena plans to one day write about each of her many (47) strange jobs, but for now she is creating loads of short fiction while mulling over the tricky end part of her first novel, a heartwarming tale of tourism and second-chances, and trying not to begin a different story (a cosy mystery, of which 16,000 words is literally sitting in the drawer).

She lives in the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland with her extended family, two ragdoll cats named Tolly & Muffin, and an assortment of poultry including the fat chooks Charlotte, Emily & Anne. She is “no longer allowed to keep goldfish” ~ Tony at the Petshop.