Fleur was born and bred in Orroroo in the mid-north of South Australia. Her parents were fuel distributors and she spent a lot of her childhood in the fuel trucks with her father. They often headed northwhere she was privileged to meet all sorts of wonderful northern characters.

Fleur’s brother Nick is a professional percussionist and was proclaimed “Australia ‘s most talented young percussionist,” by ABC 24 Hours in 2003. Her sister Susan owns an award winning tourism business ‘Black Jack Getaway and Blacksmiths Chatter’.

In her first year out of school Fleur worked as a jillaroo in the southeast of South Australia before moving to Western Australia where she met her husband, Anthony. In 1994 she studied Agribusiness at Marcus Oldham Farm Management College.

Anthony and Fleur were married in 1996 and bought their first farm two days later. (Anthony was quite pleased that he managed to halve his debt within 48 hours of being married!)

The McDonalds now live 110km east of Esperance on 8,000 acres where they care for their two children and a menagerie of dogs, cattle and sheep, as well as the tractors and machinery required for cropping.

In 2009 Red Dust was the highest selling novel for a debut author.

In 2010 it was short listed for the Australian Book Industry Awards as Newcomer (Debut) Author of the year and the R*BY awards.

Interviews with Fleur

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