Kimberley Starr is an Australian novelist and teacher whose novels have won and been shortlisted for multiple literary awards, including the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award and the Text Publishing YA Prize.She lives with her sons and their labrador in semi-rural Victoria and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing. Stand AloneThe Kingdom Where Nobody …
Veronica Lando is an Australian crime author who won the 2021 Banjo Prize for her then-unpublished manuscript The Whispering. As a child, she grew up above her parents’ Melbourne bookstore, surrounded by other people’s stories. Now, as an adult, she lives in Queensland and enjoys using the uniquely wild and sometimes dangerous landscapes of the …
Pamela is an award-winning author for both adults and children. She has a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney, where she has also lectured in creative writing. Under the name Pamela Freeman she wrote the historical novel THE BLACK DRESS, which won the NSW Premier’s History Prize for 2006. Pamela lives …
Sally Hepworth is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, most recently The Good Sister (2020), which was an instant bestseller. Her novel, The Mother-In-Law (2019) has been optioned for a TV series by Hollywood actress and producer, Amy Poehler. Her domestic thriller novels are laced with quirky humour, sass and a darkly charming tone. Sally lives in …
After completing a Bachelor of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing), a Master of Arts (Creative Writing), and a Graduate Diploma of Information Management, Sarah currently works as a librarian in a public library. Sarah lives in Naarm/Melbourne. Author Website Stand AloneSee What I Have Done (2017)Blue Hour (2022) Critical Acclaim See What I Have Done:Winner …
Matt Nable is a novelist, screenwriter and actor. His film 1%, which he wrote and starred in, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the US by A24 in 2018. He was most recently seen in the Australian box office hit The Dry; he has starred in The Killer Elite alongside Clive Owen …
Rebecca Starford is the author of Bad Behaviour, a memoir about boarding school and bullying. The book has been optioned for television by Matchbox Pictures. She is also the co-founder and publishing director of Kill Your Darlings, and has previously worked for Text Publishing and Affirm Press. She is a freelance editor and creative writing teacher.Originally …
Matthew Benns has spent his career as a journalist chasing and exposing some of the biggest conmen and women in the world. He has worked for newspapers in Fleet Street including The Sun, Today and Daily Mail and in Sydney for The Daily and Sunday Telegraphs and The Sun Herald. He is also the author …
Christine Wells writes historical fiction featuring strong, fascinating women. From early childhood, she drank in her father’s tales about the true stories behind popular nursery rhymes and she has been a keen student of history ever since. After graduating from university with a law degree, Christine worked in a large city firm, specialising in corporate …
Marion Hughes lives on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. In her past life, she was a secondary school English teacher and Special Education educator, inspiring a love of literacy amongst disengaged teenage readers, students with disabilities, ESL students and juvenile offenders. Dark Illusions TrilogyWatch Your Back (2021)I’m Back (2022)