Kyle Perry is a counsellor who has worked extensively in high schools, youth shelters and drug rehabs. In his work he encounters stories and journeys that would fill a hundred books. He is originally from Tasmania and has been lost in the Tasmanian mountains twice. All this was good fodder for his debut novel, The …
Pip Drysdale is a writer, musician and actor who grew up in Africa and Australia. At 20 she moved to New York to study acting, worked in indie films and off-off Broadway theatre, started writing songs and made four records. After graduating with a BA in English, Pip moved to London and played shows across …
Leah Swann is an award-winning fiction author, journalist and speechwriter. Her critically acclaimed collection of stories, Bearings, was published by Affirm Press in 2011. She has also written a fantasy series (Irina: The Trilogy) for middle grade readers Author Website Stand AloneSheerwater (2020)
Jock Serong was formerly a lawyer, he is now a features writer, and was the editor of Great Ocean Quarterly. His novels have received the Ned Kelly Award for First Fiction, the Colin Roderick Award and the inaugural Staunch Prize (UK). He is married with four children and lives in Port Fairy, Victoria. Stand AloneQuota …
Alexander Thorpe is from Fremantle, Western Australia. He has written for news outlets, travel journals, marketing companies and educational providers. He has also worked as an English teacher for international students. Mendicant Monk series A nameless friar appears to help the police solve mysteries in the 1920s Death Leaves the Station (2020)Death Holds the Key (2024)
Chris Hammer has been a journalist for over twenty-five years. He has been an international correspondent for SBS TV’s flagship current affairs program Dateline, the chief political correspondent for The Bulletin and a senior political journalist for The Age. He has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Charles Sturt University and a master’s degree in …
Sarah Barrie lives with her husband and children in a rural area on the Central Coast of NSW. Before becoming a bestselling author she has worked as a teacher, a vet nurse, a horse trainer and a magazine editor. Author Website Hunters Ridge seriesThis is a romantic suspense series set around the small town of …
Lee Christine is an author of crime, romantic suspense and romance novels. She was once a corporate trainer but gave that up in 2009 in favour of writing. Her romance novels have won numerous awards including The Romance Writers of America Smoky Mountains Laurie Award and the Romance Writers of America East Texas Southern Heat …
Sonya Bates is a Canadian writer who has made South Australia her home since 1997. She studied linguistics at the University of Victoria before obtaining a masters degree in speech-language pathology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. Having worked with children with communication difficulties for over twenty-five years, she now enjoys sharing her knowledge with …
S.R. White worked for a UK police force for twelve years, before returning to academic life and taking an MA in Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University. He now lives in Queensland, Australia. Dana Russo series Detective Dana Russo is a police officer in a small Australian town Hermit (2020)Prisoner (2021)Red Dirt Road (2023)White Ash Ridge …