Elise Bohan is the author of the world’s first in-depth history of transhumanism. She also penned the introduction to the popular Dorling Kindersley book, Big History, and has taught Big History (a course spanning 13.8 billion years of cosmic evolutionary history) at Macquarie University alongside the founder of the field, Professor David Christian.

Katrina Tite is a freelance content writer and editor who works with small/medium businesses to harness their unique stories. She blogs at katrinatite.com and you can follow her on Facebook at KatrinaTiteWriterEditor.

Michelle Wanasundera is a children’s book reviewer and writer based in the Blue Mountains. She has recently self-published her first picture book, Bubbles and Puddles. You can view Michelle’s reviews on her blog. She is also on Facebook and Twitter.

Jane Harper is the author of the international bestsellers The Dry and Force of Nature. Her books are published in more than 36 territories worldwide, with film rights sold to Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea. Jane has won numerous top awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, the Australian Indie Awards […]

Donna Gayford McLaren is an author, linguist and teacher. Donna teaches Gamilaraay language and language teaching methods at Eora College and Charles Sturt University. She also provides linguistic support to Awabakal and Dhanggati languages. Donna writes poetry, children’s books, short stories, plays and novels and runs a variety of community based creative writing workshops. She has […]

Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay songwriter, storyteller and performer. One half of Stiff Gins, Nardi has performed at TEDxSydney and was the 2018 winner of Queensland’s Black&Write! Indigenous Writer’s Fellowship.

Jacinta Tobin is an Indigenous singer/songwriter from the Darug tribe, who believes music is a wonderful form of education and life. Jacinta began her studies and community work in 1997 with a Master of Applied Science in Social Ecology. Since then she has worked with schools, universities, community and government events using her music and […]

Angela Meyer is the publisher at Echo Publishing, a four-year-old Australian fiction and nonfiction imprint, part of Bonnier Books UK. She also acquires for Bonnier Books’ UK-based imprints, such as Bonnier Zaffre. She has developed and published the work of a range of Australian authors, including Heather Morris, Alison Evans, Emma Viskic, Bridie Jabour, and Meg Keneally. […]

Claire Thompson is the program officer at Writing NSW. Claire is responsible for the organisation, promotion and administration of Writing NSW courses and other programs. She compiles and edits Writing NSW’s weekly e-newsletter, Newsbite. Claire also coordinates e-ads and  promotional giveaways with partner organisations.