Tea Cooper is an award-winning Australian author of historical fiction. Tea lives and works in the Hunter and has a passion for storytelling. She is the author of several novels, including The Horse Thief, The Cedar Cutter, The Currency Lass, The Naturalist's Daughter, The Woman in the Green Dress and The Girl in the Painting. 

Her next book The Cartographers Secret is a mesmerising historical mystery set in the Hunter Valley.

It is due for release later this year and is a book to look out for.​

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