About me

I'm an Australian award winning author of Fantasy and Paranormal Fiction in Middle Grade, Adult and soon, YA. I've been featured in various newspapers: The Redland City Bulletin, The Fiji Times and the Fiji Sun. 
I was born in Suva, Fiji but grew up in Melbourne Australia, and am now based in Brisbane. Straight after high school I studied Nursing & Midwifery at Deakin University and worked as a Midwife for 8 years before I left Midwifery due to extreme burn out. 
Writing The Travellers changed my life. It gave me something to live for after the burn out and trauma of working in healthcare from a young age. 
I wrote my very first story in grade three and was inspired by Australian author Emily Rodda, who wrote Deltora Quest. And I credit that series for starting my passion for writing. 
Check out my work here. 

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News: 

May 28th  2022
The Warrior Midwife launched today, and that means we reveal the cover of Book 2!!!
Carly outdid herself with this one, and it perfectly captures the darker and sexier tone of this book. So excited to see the real thing!


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April 2nd 2022
COVER REVEAL!!!!
I'm proud to present the Illustrated cover of The Warrior Midwife by the talent artist Carly Diep. 
This cover is the Illustrated option, I am offering both hardback and paperback options in both this cover AND the Symbol/Pastel edition covers. 


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March 15th 2022
BIG NEWS ALERT!!! 
My new series had been announced: The Warrior Midwife Trilogy
An enemies to lovers romantic fantasy featuring:

• A princess who is also a trained midwife 
• Hidden magical abilities 
• A forced engagement
• The fae
• An ancient order of warrior midwives
• goddesses
• bi-racial main character

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Feb 19th 2022
Book Two of the Travellers has just been released! I'm so excited about Julia's story and I do think it's even better than book one. It was incredibly fun to write as well. Book Two has released by three and a half months after The Chrysalis Key and I couldn't be prouder of the result. 
I'm SUPER excited to show you all what I have planned next :)

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January 20th 2022
First images for Book 2 of the Travellers are here!
Thank you to illustrator Athena Bliss for making this beautiful image of Julia for her book The Allure of Power. 
Launch date is Feb 19th and Pre-orders are open <3
Cover reveal coming soon!
​This is one of two, full page images from INSIDE the book. So beautiful, I can't wait to share this story with you. 

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September 15th 2021
My new YA fantasy Series has just been announced with a cover reveal! Thank you to my friend, Carly Diep for her awesome illustration. 
This series has been a long time coming and I've never been more excited to share something with the world! ARC copies are going out soon and we're headed for November 4th release! 

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September 10th 2021
The Pacific Princesses Series has just won its FIFTH award! Can you believe it?! This is the Fae Princesses second award and I can't thank The Reader's Choice Book Awards for the lovely reviews they collected from teachers and students. Earlier this year The Unicorn Princess won Silver in the same competition! Check out the reviews below: 

Readers’ Comments:  
 Imaginative, creative and superbly written, Bali’s second book in the Pacific Princesses series does not disappoint. With some familiar friends from book one, The Fae Princess is full of action, mystery and suspense. Perfect for fans of fantasy fiction, young and old. 
Girl, aged 10. It was really good, I liked how strong and powerful Vidya was and how important friends are. Pancake was funny. 
​Teacher. This is a really imaginative story and we loved all the strange and funny creatures and plants, the quokka’s and yarama’s. It stimulated lots of discussion. We hadn’t read the first book, but it didn’t matter. The story stands alone, although I believe there are references to characters from the first book. My class were enthralled and asked to read the first book after we finished. Whilst I think it is largely aimed at girls, the boys enjoyed it too. Definitely recommend for years 5/6/7. 

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September 1st 2021
The Unicorn Princess has just won her THIRD award!!! I can't believe it! We've won BRONZE in the International Reader's Favourite Awards. So stoked! Unfortunately they're not doing an award ceremony this year due to COVID, But I'm still stoked!!

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August 21st 2021
The Fae Princess has just been announced as a Finalist in the winter Reader's Choice Book Awards! We get to see the winners in the second week of Sept!

June 21st 2021
I've received news that The Unicorn Princess has been selected to be on the official reading list on the Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge for 2021. For an indie author this is a big deal! So grateful. 

June 1st 2021
The Mermaid Princess is out! This is my third middle grade book and the third book in the Pacific Princesses Series. Super happy about this one because it's a unique underwater adventure based in and around New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga. I'm so excited for everyone to check it out <3. 
Amazon Paperbacks here
Signed Paperbacks here
Gift Packs here

May 4th 2021
I'm pleased to announce that I've won my third award! The Literary Titan has acknowledged The Fae Princess with their GOLD award for the month of May 2021. In their review they wrote: "Bali has set a high bar for indie middle grade authors". Super chuffed! 

March 30th 2021
Episode #3 of The Story Surgeon Podcast is out! This week I'm taking a look at Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, the soon to be Netflix TV show! Let's see why readers are loving this novel. Watch below (or on your favourite podcast streaming service), and get the transcript here. 

March 28th 2021
I'm thrilled to announce that I've won my second award! The Unicorn Princess has received The Literary Titan's GOLD award.  Such a pretty medal too. 

March 27th 2021
Netflix's 2021 mystery suspense movie "Deadly Illusions" confused and intrigued audiences everywhere, so I made a video explaining exactly what the movie was about! Watch it on YouTube: 

March 24th 2021
My very first short video has just been uploaded! This is a shortened/ highlight version of my Addie LaRue podcast. I'm pretty proud of it. Check it out here. 

March 23rd 2021
In this week's episode of the Story Surgeon we dive in to the world of Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone! My favourite part about this podcast is where I talked about what I learned about why Rowling's writing is so good! Check it out here or at any of your favourite Podcast streaming services <3

March 17th 2021
Episode 1 of the Story Surgeon Podcast is out! Check it out here: 

March 15th 2021
Book 2 of my middle grade fantasy adventure series is out! The Fae Princess is available on amazon and everywhere else as a paperback. If you'd like a signed copy or one of the beautiful gift packs, head to the official website: www.pacificprincesses.com

March 12th 2021
My middlegrade novel "The Unicorn Princess" is now award-winning! We won the Silver Medal in the reader's choice book awards and I'm so thankful to everyone that voted and supported a book that adds much needed diversity into children's fantasy fiction. Thank you so much!