Australian family historian, researcher and psychologist.
In her twenties and thirties, K. J. Lacey traced her family tree as far as she could. Years later she realised she knew where many of her ancestors came from, but little about who they were.
Once Removed grew from a desire to understand the people behind the records and the lives that made her own possible.
Her clinical work shapes the questions she asks about separation, shame, identity and survival. It does not let her diagnose people from the past or claim certainty about their private thoughts.
The question at the heart of the series is: What does removal do to people, and what do people do with what was done to them?
“The novels tell the story. This website shows the evidence.”
Court records, prison registers, shipping lists, newspapers, parish records and family documents establish the framework. The companion pages make the research visible beside each book.