Catherine Kimberley "Joyce" Joyce (born October 22, 1989) is an Australian Writer and Editor. Attended Marist Sisters' College Woolwich, but dropped out several weeks before HSC to pursue a career in writing. Is the author of the book, 'Dante's Scaffold', which was released to low-key publicity. Is related to Barnaby Joyce [1206] & Tony Roche [1207] . Influences include James Joyce [1208] , Chuck Palahniuk [1209], Virginia Wolf[1210] & Friedrich Nietzsche [1211].


BIOGRAPHY:

Joyce was born in Sydney, Australia. She was one of two children and grew up into a 'confused' childhood, having lived in 4 Australian States by the age of 8. While at high-school she began her writing 'obsession', creating a short-lived in-school newspaper and handed out Mission Statements to fellow peers on how to 'live life to the full'. She almost got suspended on several occasions for pranks and it was only when, while researching for one of her school assessments, that she realised the importance of education. She became friends with several lecturers from Sydney & Macquarie University. Due to this, she then focused in-depth on her first book, 'Dante's Scaffold', while her marks continually dropped just before completing the HSC. She banked on the success of her first book, which unfortunately only sold several hundred copies. She has started writing her second book, based on the Leopold & Loeb murder, though the title of the book has not yet been decided on.


TRIVIA:

-She still lives in Sydney and has one dog, Sparky.

-While at high school, she pulled pranks including: bringing a rat to school [Ulysses], tricking a Maths teacher into almost going to another class & hacking into the school network

-She has not been very open about her political views, however at the end of one interview she made an additional minor political comment saying that 'John Howward is a weiner!'

-Her favourite subject, while at high school, was History Extension, which she gained a Band 6 [E4] in

-Her least favourite subject, while at high school, was Biology. At the end of one interview with the Sydney Morning Herald's, The Good Weekend, she said that 'Biology is for those scientific people. I wasn't like that. I was a literary type of person. Numbers and memorising just wasn't for me!'

-Her favourite foods are Thai, Korean BBQ, and, Indian