Margaret O’Brien retired from a long nursing career in 2011 to pursue her passion for ospreys. Her life took a new direction in 2014, when she met Noongar woman Mrs Helen (Ing) Nellie, who invited O’Brien to become her biographer. This partnership led to the publication of Simply Ing by Magabala Books in 2018. In 2016, while Mrs Nellie’s book was still in progress, O’Brien was introduced to Gary Knapp, known as Nunngoorie. In early 2021, she began collaborating with him to bring his extraordinary life story to light. With this biography now complete, O’Brien is eager to return to her work on ospreys.