Look and Listen

Biography

A twenty something Sri Lankan born and Australian based freelance editor, writer and journalist. Marisa is the author of the Perth Diary column that ran in The Sunday Leader for four years and of Dreaming In Reality, first published in 2000 when she was 17 and shortlisted in 2001 for Michael Ondaatje's Gratiaen Awards. She currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, writes for Science Network WA, RTR FM and Blogcritics.com and is working on a novel titled Sedition. You can become a fan of her work or hire her to edit or write for you at her website at http://www.marisa.com.au . When she isn't blathering on about something on her website, she usually plays drums in an indie rock band and becomes addicted to computer games especially those DOS based adventure game ones. Or she reads something from her extensive library that spans three continents and seems to be catalogued by a cat called Trouble.

Inspiration

Inspiration tends to come from living life, being involved, trying most new things that come along at least once, not being too afraid of being hurt and from a lot of 'What if?' type questions. The character cannot be accounted for though - they seem to turn up all on their own.