Born in Brisbane, Queensland and educated by Ursuline nuns in Toowoomba, Trish was an enthusiastic bookworm from an early age. Reading stimulated an avid interest in other cultures and led to a love of travel and adventure which continues to this day.

Trish didn’t put pen to paper until recently. Owner of a successful travel marketing business she opted to forgo formal work to travel and to further her research into convent and monastery accommodation in Europe, with the idea of writing a book. A background of staying in religious guest houses amounted to a lengthy database of information and enough material for at least three volumes.

Trish is currently finalising the second volume of Good Night and God Bless which covers the convents, abbeys and monasteries of France, Ireland and England.

The Clarks and their five children call Sydney home but Queensland their first and favourite address. Friends and members of her family have contributed much to Good Night and God Bless and Trish is never short of a companion willing to retreat to a convent or monastery guest house to review and update accommodation, sightsee, have fun and find inspiration.