Dr Jacqueline Ross also writes non-fiction books and feature articles. For the last fifteen years, she’s taught writing to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Jacqueline has a PhD in writing from Swinburne University. She lives and writes in Melbourne. Author Website Stand AloneBlackwater (2023)
Patricia Wolf has been a journalist for more than 15 years, a regular contributor to titles including The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Independent and The Telegraph, among others. She grew up in outback Australia, in Mount Isa in far north-west Queensland. She left Australia after university to travel the world and became a journalist. …
Fiona’s an Aussie but she’s lived in Edmonton Canada, Madison Wisconsin, and currently lives in a much warmer place close to the Great Ocean Road, in southern Victoria, Australia. In 2005 she sold her first Medical Romance to Harlequin Mills and Boon. Since then she’s sold nine books, won a Cataromance Reviewer’s Award and been …
Darcy Tindale is an actor, author, theatresports player and director, and has appeared in television commercials, film and on stage. She has written comedy for radio, stage, media personalities, comedians, and theatre restaurants. Her short stories, plays and poems have been published in anthologies, journals, and magazines. Darcy’s work has been nominated and won many …
Born in New York, Joan Sauers is a screenwriter, producer and author who worked in London, Los Angeles and New York before settling in Australia. She has lectured in screenwriting in Sydney, London, Paris, Berlin and Casablanca. She has had fourteen books published in Australia, the US, India and Japan. She has been script editor …
Amanda Hampson grew up in rural New Zealand. She spent her early twenties travelling, finally settling in Australia in 1979, and now lives in Melbourne. Writing professionally for more than 20 years, she is the author of two non-fiction books, numerous articles and novels Author Website Tea Ladies Mystery Series The ladies of Zig Zag …
Fiona is a small business owner, wife and mum based in Noosa, Australia. Her background in community services sparked an interest in social issues and this is found at the heart of all her books. Her stories are fast paced reads with intricate plots and strong female leads. First starting with a couple of fantasy …
Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the author of How to Be Australian, a memoir, and My Name Is Revenge, a collection of fiction and essays, which was a finalist in the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award. She co-hosts James and Ashley Stay at Home, a podcast about writing, creativity and health, and teaches creative writing.Originally from …
Eve is a lawyer specialising in commercial litigation and defamation, providing regular pre-publication advice to some of Australia’s leading print and online publishers. Eve’s debut novel was developed at the Curtis Brown Creative (London) selective six-month novel-writing course, followed by mentorship from Commonwealth Book Prize winning author Lisa O’Donnell. Eve is mother to two young …
Olivia Wearne began her writing career as a screenwriter and has several film credits to her name. After receiving a Masters in creative writing she went on to write The Grand Tour, which was published in 2020. Born and raised in Melbourne, Olivia now resides in Ballarat, Victoria, with her filmmaker husband and two sons. Stand …