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From Levitation to Literature: Sally Ann Hunter’s Journey Begins

July 10, 2024

Hi Everyone, Welcome to my new blog.

I used to levitate for World Peace: now I write novels and poems and blogposts. Who knows what will happen in the future.

Inner and outer peace

It’s a lovely sunny day here in Adelaide, today. We have had some very cold mornings, about Zero degrees, which we are not used to.

The first book I published was called The Structure of Light, meaning spiritual light. It was mainly poetry, written from my subconscious and also a couple of poetic short stories for the young at heart. 

I will put some poems here at a later stage.

The second book I published was called You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down. It was about Parkinson’s Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation, a surgical treatment for it. 

It was also a biography of Geoff Sykes, which I needed to write because my partner was going through the same things. I explored the science behind Parkinson’s and the work that is being done to find the cause, at the cellular level. 

It was also interesting to learn about the anatomy of some parts of the brain, especially the sub-thalamic nuclei, where the electrodes were placed during DBS.

Next week, I will tell you about Transfigured Sea

 

Sally Ann Hunter

Sally Ann Hunter is a biologist and environmental policy officer (BSc [Biol], MEnv Sts.). She has published a collection of poetry called The Structure of Light and a biography called You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down: from Parkinson’s to a New Life with Deep Brain Stimulation.

A paper she wrote on the biography, was read on ABC Radio’s Ockham’s Razor, as was a paper on living with solar power.

She completed a ten-month course called Manuscript Incubator at Writers SA. Also at Writers SA, she did Poetry Studio on Zoom with Jill Jones over several months.

A novel called Transfigured Sea, (Nature Writing) was published in 2022 and another called Golden Cups (Historical Fiction) is in the process of publisher’s revision.

A number of her poems have been published in anthologies and online. She lives in the Adelaide Hills where she gains inspiration for much of her Nature Writing.

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  1. Vin

    What a great first post! I look forward to reading more.

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