About the Author

Carmel Bird has published more than 25 books including novels, books on writing and short story collections. Three of her books have been shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award and she has been shortlisted in the Victorian and New South Wales Premier Awards as in the Ned Kelly and Australian Aurealis Awards. She has had stories published by Griffith Review, Island, Antipodes, The Center for Fiction (New York), Australian Short Stories, New Australian Stories, Wordlines, and Kill Your Darlings.