When a Killer Stalks a City

Mandy Beaumont is an award-winning writer and a researcher in creative writing. Her debut novel The Furies was long-listed for the prestigious Stella Prize and shortlisted for the MUD Literary Prize as well as the Queensland Literary Awards Fiction Book of the Year. Her collection of short stories, Wild, Fearless Chests, was shortlisted for the Richell Prize and the Dorothy Hewett Award. Stories from the collection also won the MOTH International Short Story Prize and were shortlisted for other notable awards. She was a convenor in creative writing and communications at Griffith University for over a decade, and holds a PhD and a Research Masters in creative writing. She is also a regular feature writer and book reviewer for The Big Issue. Her new crime novel, The Thrill of It, will be out across Australia and New Zealand with Hachette Publishing in March 2025. 

Sue Turnbull is Senior Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Wollongong. Her publications include Media Audiences (2020), The TV Crime Drama (2014) and Media and Communications in Australia (2023) with co-editor Bridget Griffen-Foley. Sue is also the chief crime fiction reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and Chair of the Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival