Cherease Kingdon fell in love with movies at a very early age, back when you could still go to your local milk bar (Australia's version of a convenience store) to hire a video nasty before they were all banned. She was introduced to a variety of different genres and devoured everything she could get her hands on. With happy memories of sneaking out of bed to quietly sit behind the sofa watching whatever very "grow-up film" her parents deemed "unfit", Cherease dived into two early loves: horror films and made for TV movies. She also developed a morbid fascination with 90s erotic thrillers. Obsessed with collecting vintage movie novelisations, interested in subcultures and loving all things Giallo, Cherease has been researching movies in one way or another all her life - so why not put it to good use and start writing?