Lord of the Flies Meets Picnic at Hanging Rock

Nikki Gemmell is the bestselling author of 13 novels and four works of non-fiction, and her books have been translated into 22 languages. Her best-known work is the 2003 novel The Bride Stripped Bare, an explicit exploration of female sexuality. Gemmell pens a weekly column for The Australian and also writes novels for children. 

Natasha Stott Despoja is an Australian politician who in 1996 became the youngest woman elected to sit in the federal Senate up to that time; she continued to serve until her retirement in 2008. From 2012 to 2016 she served as the Australian ambassador for women and girls. During this time, she also became chair of Our Watch, which sought to prevent violence against women and children. In 2019 she published On Violence.