Dr Melanie Saward is a proud Bigambul and Wakka Wakka woman. She is a writer, editor and academic based in Tulmur (Ipswich), Queensland. She’s the author of two novels, Burn and Love Unleashed, and has co-written a new book for young adults with Brooke Blurton called A Good Kind of Trouble. She is the coordinator of BlackWords at the University of Queensland and lectures in writing and Australian studies.