Also known as Amanda le Bas de Plumetot, Amanda has had short stories and poetry published in various places, including Best Australian Short Stories, Best Australian Poems, Literary Taxidermy, Cordite and Going Down Swinging.
She was also lucky enough to be part of Clarion South in 2009.
Lately she has spent far too much time being a lady who sells popcorn, and is delighted to be picking up pen again and have her work accepted for publication.
Amanda currently lives in the beautiful Dandenong ranges, near Melbourne, but is this year embarking on a big move to Bright, which everyone agrees is an even more beautiful location.
Alistair Lloyd is a Melbourne based writer and narrator who has been consuming good quality science fiction and fantasy most of his life.
James Walton was a librarian, a farm labourer, and mostly a public sector union official.
Brian Biswas lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
My time at Nambucca Valley Community Radio began back in 2016 after moving into the area from Sydney.
Mark is an astrophysicist and space scientist who worked on the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn. Following this he worked in computer consultancy, engineering, and high energy research (with a stint at the JET Fusion Torus).
Barry Yedvobnick is a recently retired Biology Professor. He performed molecular biology and genetic research, and taught, at Emory University in Atlanta for 34 years. He is new to fiction writing, and enjoys taking real science a step or two beyond its known boundaries in his
Ed lives with his wife plus a magical assortment of native animals in tropical North Queensland.
Tim Borella is an Australian author, mainly of short speculative fiction published in anthologies, online and in podcasts.
Merri Andrew writes poetry and short fiction, some of which has appeared in Cordite, Be:longing, Baby Teeth and Islet, among other places.
Tara Campbell is an award-winning writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, fiction co-editor at Barrelhouse, and graduate of American University's MFA in Creative Writing.
Emma Louise Gill (she/her) is a British-Australian spec fic writer and consumer of vast amounts of coffee. Brought up on a diet of English lit, she rebelled and now spends her time writing explosive space opera and other fantastical things in
Geraldine Borella writes fiction for children, young adults and adults. Her work has been published by Deadset Press, IFWG Publishing, Wombat Books/Rhiza Edge, AHWA/Midnight Echo, Antipodean SF, Shacklebound Books, Black Ink Fiction, Paramour Ink Fiction, House of Loki and Raven & Drake