Background
She was born in the north of England in 1949 and emigrated to Australia at the age of five.
She was born in the north of England in 1949 and emigrated to Australia at the age of five.
Guile was educated at Methodist Ladies’ College and Melbourne University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Master of Arts and a Diploma in Education.
She worked for several years as a lecturer in children's literature at Melbourne University’s School of Early Childhood, and published many reviews and articles on children's books In 1996, her junior fiction title, Revenge of the Green Genie, was published by Scholastic Australia, followed by Mr Venus, Computer Wizard in 1997. Since then, she has published a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles for both children and adults.
She currently works as a full-time writer in Melbourne.