Emily had been writing all her life. In 2016 she published A More Complicated Fairytale, and contributed Operation: Sugarplum to the anthology "Christmas: Australis" in 2019.

She can regularly be found in the Australian writing community corner of Twitter, particularly on hashtags such as #6amAusWriters, #AusWrites and #AusReads.

In her non-writing life, she has a Masters of Museum and Cultural Heritage studies and works as a reference librarian. She has also studied drama and commits a lot of her time to local community theatre productions.