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is an author. Her debut novel, The Strays, won the 2015 Stella Prize. Her second novel, Wild Abandon, will be published in September.

is a Queensland writer and journalist. Her most recent book is the award-winning memoir Boy, Lost.

is a London-based Australian writer. Her most recent book is The Mirror and the Palette: 500 Years of Women’s Self-Portraits.

is an award-winning Indigenous poet. His short story collection, New and Used Ghosts, is forthcoming from UQP.

is the author of four books, most recently Desire: A Reckoning.

is The Saturday Paper’s production editor.

is the author of Bedtime Story, The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire, The Engagement, A Child’s Book of True Crime and The Tall Man.

is the author of The Natural Way of Things and other books.

is a novelist, essayist and art writer.

is a Melbourne writer and journalist. Her most recent book is the novel Act of Grace.