Adrienne Eberhard was
born in
Dover, Tasmania, in 1964. She holds
an MA in English on twentieth century travel writing, and has travelled
herself in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. She has taught primary school
in Papua New Guinea, as well as English and creative writing in
Canberra and
Tasmania. She lives on the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, south of
Hobart,
with
her husband, two young sons and dog, Mungo. She received a grant
from the Australia Council to write full-time in 2004. She is currently poetry editor of
Island magazine.