Stacy Nottle

Stacy Nottle grew up on a station in western Queensland where, from an early age, she began paying attention to her arid landscape where the changing seasons mean so much more than a change of clothing.

At age six, she went away to boarding school ‘in town’, and later ‘in the city’, where she discovered the world of people—complex, confusing, intriguing, surprising people—and she began paying attention to what they did and how they interacted.

She studied science at university and has worked as a shearers’ cook, waitress, scientific research assistant, high school mathematics and science teacher; and careers counsellor in an all-boys’ boarding school. For thirty years, Stacy has also participated in the sport of orienteering, as a competitor and a coach. She is a member of the Queensland Writers Centre and is active in the Queensland writing community attending workshops, writers’ groups and festivals which have connected her with mentors and allies that have helped her along the way. A cancer diagnosis in late 2015 gave her the impetus to start doing something with her writing. Her debut novel, After the Flood, was published in 2019 by Black Phoenix Publishing Collective. She is launching her memoir, Breastless, with Ocean Reeve Publishing in February 2021.

Stacy is married to Richard, has three grown children—Bridget, Glennie and Jack—plus Snorkel, Envy, Redbird (the horses), Theo (the dog) and Orla (the cat).