Born in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, Karen Hamilton is an audio typist turned true crime writer. After working with the police as a typist for 25 years, Karen began writing true crime to work through harrowing personal experiences. Nightmare on Cromwell Street is her debut novel and chronicles her time spent living with infamous British serial killers, Fred and Rose West.Kathleen Richards, is originally from Dublin and now lives in rural Gloucestershire with her husband, Michael. She has worked as a carer and foster carer throughout her life, welcoming children into her home on long-term placements. She has three grown up children of her own.Connect with Karen Hamilton:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenmhamilton2/

David Ryan has loved AFL since he was six, following first South Adelaide Panthers and then Geelong Cats. As an adult, he played football in Adelaide Hills. His passion eventually led to a Creative Writing PhD exploring the relationship between the sport and community in Victoria. Two of David’s three children are also diehard Cats’ supporters.

Anna Spargo-Ryan is an Australian author, scriptwriter and editor. She has written two novels and a memoir, in addition to works of fiction and non-fiction published in Australian newspapers and literary magazines. In 2016 she was the inaugural winner of the Horne Prize for her essay The Suicide Gene.

Patti Miller is the author of ten books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Australia’s best-selling life writing texts, Writing Your Life, The Memoir Book and Writing True Stories. Her work is critically acclaimed across all genres. She is published regularly in literary journals and national newspapers and magazines including the SMH, The Guardian, The Age and The Australian. She has been a judge for the NSW Premier’s Prize and the State Library’s Russell Prize for Humour Writing. Patti is considered Australia’s most successful memoir teacher and has taught life writing around the country for 35 years – she also teaches in Paris and London each year. Nearly 70 of her former students have been commercially published.

Chris Munnery has worked in the Australian publishing Industry for over twenty years and is currently the Senior Key Account Manager at IngramSpark Australia. IngramSpark is the Print on Demand self-publishing arm of the Ingram Content Group which has a 40,000+ global book distribution network for both online sales and brick and mortar bookstores and libraries. The vision for IngramSpark’s future is simple: to make indie publishing more powerful, more connected and more rewarding for authors, for readers and for the global indie book community we all share.Connect with Chris Munnery:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-munnery-75627939/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ingramsparkbooks?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Josh Bernoff is an expert on business books and how they can propel thinkers to prominence. Books he has written or collaborated on have generated over $20 million for their authors.

More than 50 authors have endorsed Josh’s Build a Better Business Book: How to Plan, Write, and Promote a Book That Matters, a comprehensive guide for business authors. Authors can subscribe to his advice with the Bernoff Book Coach, and interactive chatbot available at https://bernoff.com/coach.

Josh’s other books include Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean and the Business Week bestseller Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. He has contributed to 75 nonfiction book projects.

Josh’s mathematical and statistical background includes three years of study in the Ph.D. program in mathematics at MIT. At Forrester Research, he originated Technographics, a widely used consumer survey methodology. He has fielded surveys and written reports on the ROI of business books and the impact of AI on the writing profession.

Josh’s writes and posts daily at Bernoff.com, a blog that has attracted more than 4 million views. He lives in Portland with his wife, an artist.

Pip Harry is a bestselling Australian children's author and editor. Her middle grade novel The Little Wave won the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. August & Jones won the CBCA Shadow Judging Book of the Year, voted by school students. Her new titles include The Inside Dog, ABIA-shortlisted Over or Under? Young adult verse novel Drift and junior fiction series Camp Spooky - co-written with Kate Foster. She has three picture books releasing in 2026 - Spare Kisses (March), The Fast Lane (May) and The Goodbye Tree (July). She lives on Sydney's Northern Beaches and likes swimming in the ocean and gelato.

Connect with Pip Harry:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piphaz?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Julia Ferracane has more than 30 years of experience in publicity and public relations and has held roles as the Arts and Publishing Publicist at both The Australian Ballet and Penguin Random House Australia.

In her current work, she partners with authors across traditional, indie, hybrid publishing and self published. She also works with creatives and arts organisations. Julia is passionate about helping original voices find their audience in a crowded media landscape. A lover of pop culture and trends, she has been called feisty by friends and family, a title she wears as a badge of honour.

Connect with Julia Ferracane:

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Website: https://www.righteouspr.com.au/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnJONPkfY4b2wGSsn1iQkONMtwT5nu4fNqGRtACiEx-mUf-X4kCgJVlsToDPo_aem_aeWsYfpghqGHvnbbSok6Zw

Lauren and Alana are the co-founders of Book World Magazine and Book World Club, two rapidly growing book-world brands built on storytelling, community and bringing readers together.

What began as a simple idea for a fresh and reader-friendly magazine has grown into an international publication and has been read in more than 22 countries. Alongside the magazine, Book World Club offers guided book clubs, downloadable book club guides and annual book retreats featuring a special author guest. They are currently working on an app designed to make life easier for readers, authors and industry professionals.