Before Connie Eales was an accomplished artist, she already held post-graduate qualifications in Education, Psychology, Public Policy and Museum Studies. While working for the New South Wales government, she wrote extensively for the Department of Education, contributed to professional journals and has had work published by the University of New South Wales.
Connie has spoken at world conferences in her area of expertise, and taught in post-graduate programs at UTS and Macquarie Uni. She operated her own psychology practice, the Advancement Centre, for ten years, before embarking on a successful career as an artist. Her paintings now hang in many private collections across Australia.
More recently, Connie has turned her hand to fiction and has had a few stories published in anthologies and magazines.
Drawing on her resources and experiences as a psychologist, Connie is able to create a sense of drama and conflict in the lives of seemingly ordinary people. Readers cannot help but become engaged on several levels as themes emerge.
Secrets Through the Lens is her debut novel.
“I paint because I want to. I write because I need to.”