Alexandra is passionate about all forms of writing. The ability to use words to provide further learning, create stories, tales and new worlds. Being able to transport yourself and others into your own creation provides a new perspective to the world and all that we may face. Alexandra has yet to publish her first novel but has immersed herself in the writing world for the past 10 years; gaining significance in copywriting, editing, proofreading and understanding the current market for authors and stories.
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Julie Thorndyke is a graduate of the University of Sydney’s Master of Creative Writing program. Her collections of tanka poetry, Rick Rack, Carving Granite and Borrowed Riches were published by Ginninderra Press. Editor of Eucalypt: a tanka journal since 2017, Julie’s books include Mrs Rickaby’s Lullaby (novel) and Divertimento (short stories). Julie’s picture books Waiting for the Night (2018) and Watching through the Day (2020) were published by IPKidz. Her third picture book Alice’s Shoe was published by MidnightSun Publishing in 2023. It tells the true story of deafblind girl Alice Betteridge, who became known as ‘Australia’s Helen Keller’. 
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Catherine McCullagh has published three non-fiction books, Willingly into the Fray (2010), a history of Australian Army nursing, War Child (2016), a wartime memoir, and Unconquered (2019), stories from the 2018 Invictus Games. Catherine’s first historical novel, Dancing with Deception (2017), was re-released in 2022. Her second novel, Secrets and Showgirls (2021), was followed by Love and Retribution (2022) and Resistance and Revenge (2023). Her areas of interest centre on wartime history, particularly daily life during periods of conflict such as World War I and II, and the impact of conflict on society and the individual.  
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Bill is the author of Redesigning Conversations: A Guide to Communicating Effectively in the Family, Workplace, and Society and Redesigning Conversations Workbook: Self-Coaching Questions for Parents, Leaders, and Coaches. Bill's one-stop-shop books offer user-friendly skills to help you have effective conversations in your family, workplace, and society. The Workbook focuses on self-coaching questions, exercises, and case studies for parents, leaders, teachers, and coaches that are also useful for coaching others and for facilitating groups, whether around the dinner table or in workshops and work teams.
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Website: http://www.billash.com.au/

Michelle Morgan is the author of two teen novels - Flying through Clouds (2017) and Racing the Moon (2014). Four of Michelle’s plays havevbeen performed in Short Play festivals in Sydney, Newcastle and Armidale, and excerpts of her play Karma were performed at Kings Cross Theatre in 2019. She is also a songwriter and co-wrote the songs on Luke Johnson’s albums – Goodbye Frankie (2021) and Little Worlds (2022) - and on Studio8’s debut album - Into the New – to be released in 2024. Michelle plays keyboard and sings backing vocals in Studio8.
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Website: http://www.michellejmorgan.com.au/

Natasha, a Sydney-based Indian-Australian woman, was born in India, migrating to Australia with her parents at the age of ten. She lived in the UK for several years as an adult, and the influence of three homes features in her writing. Her work has appeared in Australia’s first #MeToo anthology, Enough Anthology about gender violence, Overland, Verity La, StylusLit, and New-York based Adelaide magazine. Her first novel, An Onslaught of Light, longlisted for the 2017 Richell Prize, 2018 KYD Unpublished Manuscript award, and highly commended for the Ultimo Press/Westwords 2020 Prize, will be published by Pantera Press in 2025.
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Mark Marusic has been writing poetry since the mid 1990s. Four years ago he turned his versing to a longer format - a verse novel. Themes in his shorter poems include environment and home, and our relationships with these. His poems have been published in a range of journals and magazines. He has self-published two poetry books – Mercurial Meanderings and Iconoclastic Journeys, also co-publishing four anthologies – A Square Circle, and Poetsconsortorium; Anthology of Poets at the Petersham Bowlo (three volumes). He also writes short stories, plays, verse novels, prose novels and philosophy papers.
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Lisa is the author of seven adult and YA novels in the women’s fiction and crime genres. These were published in Australia by HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and Wakefield Press. Two were also published in the US and UK, and one has been optioned for film. Her YA cosy crime novel was shortlisted for the 2020 Davitt Awards in two categories. She has also had a radio play produced on ABC Radio National and has a PhD in creative writing. Lisa has appeared at numerous writer's festivals in Australia and overseas and has presented writing workshops to adults and teenagers.
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Website: http://www.lisawalker.com.au/

Christine Sykes has three published books: two novels and a memoir. The Tap Cats of the Sunshine Coast was inspired by her aunt’s experience taking up tap dancing in retirement. The Changing Room was based on her experiences at the non-profit Dress for Success. Being raised in Cabramatta provided the basis for her memoir, Gough and Me: My Journey from Cabramatta to China and Beyond. The Changing Room and Gough and Me won awards from the Society of Women Writers. Christine has short stories and poems in several anthologies and runs memoir-writing workshops.
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Website: https://christinesykes.com/