Wendy Waters aka Wendy Anne Waters was born in Australia. She is a singer, lyricist, author and librettist. After winning the Women's Weekly/Penguin Short Story Contest 2007 Waters had her debut novel Catch the Moon, Mary published in the UK. She has co-written a screenplay based on the novel and is co-writing a musical with composer Shanon Whitelock based on the legendary Scheherazade.