Frank Chalmers has a UQ bachelor’s degree in Philosophy & Maths, MA(Qual.) in Philosophy, and is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. He has taught high school and at university in Science, Philosophy, Communication Design and Writing. He began a forty-year professional writing career on scripts for drama (feature film, tv …
Margaret Hickey is an award-winning author and playwright from North East Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and is deeply interested in rural lives and communities. Author Website Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti seriesSmall town South Australia police detective seriesCutters End (2021)Stone Town (2022)Broken Bay (2023) Detective Constable Sally White seriesDC Sally White is …
J.P. Pomare was born and grew up in New Zealand. He moved to Australia and settled in Melbourne where he developed his writing craft. He has produced and hosted the podcast On Writing where he interviewed a host of local and international authors. Stand AloneCall Me Evie (2018)Tell Me Lies (2020)In the Clearing (2020)The Last …
Ged Gillmore grew up in the Midlands of England before moving to London where he completed degrees in languages and literature at the University of London. After graduating, Ged worked in France, Germany and Italy before returning to London for eighteen years. Fancying a change to sunnier climes, Ged made the leap to Sydney in …
Susi Fox studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne. She is the recipient of a 2014 Varuna Fellowship and was part of the 2015 QWC/Hachette Manuscript Development Program. She lives in Central Victoria, where she works as a GP. Author Website Stand AloneMine (2018)
Tim Ayliffe has been a journalist for almost 20 years and is the Managing Editor of Television and Video for ABC News. He has also worked as TV News Editor for ABC News and the Executive Producer of ABC News Breakfast. Before joining the ABC in 2006, Tim worked in London for Sky News as …
Anna George has worked in the legal world as well as the film and television industries. Her first novel, What Came Before, was shortlisted for the 2015 Ned Kelly and Sisters in Crime Best Debut Fiction awards, and was longlisted for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and …
Iain Ryan grew up in the suburbs of Brisbane. He predominantly writes in the hardboiled/noir genre and his work has been previously published by Akashic Books Online, Crime Factory, Kill Your Darlings and Seizure. Four Days and The Student were both shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award. Author Website Tunnel Island seriesTunnel Island is a …
Ron Elliott is a scriptwriter, director and academic. His directorial credits include a feature film, Justice, and episodes of ABC programs such as Dancing Daze, Relative Merits and Studio 86. Ron has written for Home and Away, Minty, Wild Kat, Ship to Shore and many more children’s television series. In 2001 he wrote the AFI …
Susan Hurley decided to turn her hand to creative writing after a long career in medical research, public health advocacy and the pharmaceutical industry. She has Masters degrees in pharmacy and biostatistics, a PhD in epidemiology and health economics, and was a National Health and Medical Research Council Neil Hamilton Fairley Fellow. She is an …
