Troy Hunter is an adult and YA fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in a variety of publications and journals. He lives in Melbourne and works as a marketing and communications consultant. Author WebsiteTroy’s Socials Stand AloneGus and the Missing Boy (2024) Critical AcclaimGus and the Missing Boy:Shortlisted 2024 Ned Kelly Award for Best …
Robert Edeson was born in Perth, Western Australia, and educated at Christ Church Grammar School, the University of Western Australia and the University of Cambridge. He has been a consultant anaesthetist and researcher, publishing in the neuroscience, biophysical and mathematical literatures. He lives in Perth. Richard Worse seriesWorse is a brilliant intelligence analyst called in …
Lisa Kenway is an Australian writer and anaesthetist. Her short fiction and creative non-fiction pieces have appeared in journals and anthologies including Island Online, the Meanjin blog, the 2020 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology, Meniscus Literary Journal, Brilliant Flash Fiction and X-RAY Literary Journal, and her poetry was published in Grieve Volume 10 (Hunter Writers’ Centre, 2022). She lives on the Central Coast of NSW …
Lauren Keegan is a psychologist, writer and mother who lives in the Wollondilly Shire; the land of the Dharawal and Gundungurra people. She has worked in public mental health for twelve years, has two young girls and drinks more tea than is sensible. Author Website Stand AloneAll the Bees In the Hollows (2024)
Neil A White was born in Melbourne and educated in his native Australia and the United States. He is the author of the novels Closure, Turn A Blind Eye, Something for Bebe, and a number of award-winning short stories. He and his wife live in Dallas, TX. Stand AloneClosure (2016)Turn A Blind Eye (2019)Something For …
Mark Mupotsa-Russell is a writer living on Wurundjeri Country in the Yarra Ranges. His debut novel, The Hitwoman’s Guide to Reducing Household Debt, won the 2023 Affirm Press Mentorship Award. Before writing novels he was a screenwriter, film reviewer, cocktail columnist, PR consultant and communications adviser in the suicide prevention sector. Author Website Stand AloneThe …
Diane was born in Poland and arrived in Australia in 1948. At the age of seven she decided to become a writer. Her first article, about teaching at a Blackboard Jungle school in London, was published in The Australian Womens Weekly in 1965. Diane subsequently became a freelance journalist, and over three thousand of her …
Since Tony McFadden left Canada two decades ago he and his wife and two children have lived in the US Virgin Islands, various American cities (LA, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta, Fairfax), Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and now, finally (and for good), Australia. All of those places and people have provided a wealth of characters and settings for his …
An avid reader from childhood, Paula J Beavan grew up on a small property in the Hunter Valley, riding horses, mustering cattle and listening to the tales of local farriers, cattlemen and farmers. Her love of the land and its history together with a curiosity about the challenges faced by the pioneering women of the …
Riley James lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her partner and two children. She was born and raised in north-west Tasmania and has been writing since the age of six. She trained briefly as a journalist before completing a PhD and becoming an academic. Author Website Stand AloneThe Chilling (2024)