Marele Day

Marele Day is a distinguished author from Australia, celebrated for her fictional novels. She was born in Sydney and spent her childhood in Pagewood, an industrial suburb. Day's educational background includes attending Sydney Girls High School, Sydney Teachers' College, and acquiring a degree from Sydney University in 1973. Over the years, she has held various jobs, such as a patent searcher, researcher, and elementary school teacher during the 1980s.

Day's Claudia Valentine series features a Sydney-based private investigator with a feminist perspective, which gained significant popularity. However, Day's breakthrough novel, "Lambs of God," marked a departure from the crime genre, focusing on two nuns fighting to protect their island home from developers. This novel became a bestseller and was published in the US by Riverhead and in the UK by Sceptre. Day's literary work has been highly acclaimed for its originality and provocative nature. Her most recent novel, "Mrs Cook," offers a rich portrayal of a woman whose passion and intellect match that of her celebrated husband. Day currently resides on the New South Wales North coast.