I was born in Adelaide, which is, as far as I know, the very best place to be born and means I will be forever plagued by nostalgia for terrible water, white sandy beaches, Balfour’s custard tarts and a boat called Popeye.
Now I live in Melbourne, where I write about brains and love and people and family and food and creativity. My short work has been published by the Guardian, The Big Issue, ELLE, Good Weekend, Meanjin, The Saturday Paper, The Lifted Brow, Overland, Kill Your Darlings, Daily Life, The Age, the ABC and many other places.
I’m the author of two novels: THE PAPER HOUSE and THE GULF, and have a nonfiction book forthcoming from Picador. I am the Nonfiction Editor for ISLAND Magazine.
I was the inaugural winner of The Horne Prize for my essay “The Suicide Gene”, and in 2018 was grateful to be supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria as part of their Creators’ Fund.
I’m also a PhD candidate at Deakin University, writing about memory, time, mental illness and self-making.
