Laura McCluskey is a Melbourne-based writer, editor and actor. She created the production company Sibylline Films for whom she has penned several film and television projects and co-founded Three Fates Theatre Company. She has performed across theatre, film, and television. Stand AloneThe Wolf Tree (2025)
Shankari is an Australian Tamil lawyer and writer. She spent a decade in London, working in the social justice field across thirty countries. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband, four children and their dog. Her novel Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens won the 2023 Miles Franklin Award. Her …
Mandy Beaumont is an award-winning writer and a researcher in creative writing. She was a convenor in creative writing and communications at Griffith University for over a decade, and holds a PhD and a Research Masters in creative writing. She is also a regular feature writer and book reviewer for The Big Issue. Her debut novel …
Bronwyn Rivers grew up in Newcastle, Australia. She moved to the UK to take a doctorate at the University of Oxford on nineteenth-century women’s novels, and was an academic researcher and book reviewer in England and Australia. Bronwyn now lives in Sydney with her husband and two children. Stand AloneThe Reunion (2025)
Ronni Salt is the pseudonymous name for the political and media commentator turned author. Coming from the Riverina district of New South Wales, she has a rural and legal background and a strong interest in environmental issues. Stand AloneGunnawah (2025)
Harry Colfer is the pseudonym of an experienced critical care paramedic with twenty years of on-road experience gained in both England and Australia. With his role being one of the highest trained prehospital clinicians, he regularly attends cardiac arrests, multi-system trauma and major incidents. As a way of dealing with his inevitable demons, he embraced …
VIRGINIA KING has lived most of her life in Sydney, but has travelled to many places. Her books blend her love of mystery, travel, psychology and folklore in a fast-paced style. She has been a teacher, an unemployed ex-teacher, an audio-book producer, the author of over 50 childrenʼs books, a workshop presenter and an award-winning …
Emma grew up on Whadjuk Noongar Country in Perth, Western Australia and now lives in London where she was born. She has an MA in crime fiction from the University of East Anglia and has worked as a veterinarian in country and coastal Australia and the UK. She spent her teens and twenties learning to …
Carmel Reilly is one of Australia’s busiest educational writers, with over 300 titles to her name. She has written a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction for ages five to teens, with subjects that encompass topics from democracy, global cultures and the solar system to everyday life, adventurous aliens and silly superheros. Outside of writing …
Heather’s work spans literary fiction, magical realism, crime fiction, political fiction, fantasy and memoir. Her novels have won numerous prizes including the Stella Prize, the Christina Stead Prize, the Margaret Scott Prize and the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Heather lives between mountain and sea on one of the islands surrounding Tasmania. Author …