Melanie Saward is a proud descendant of the Bigambul and Wakka Wakka peoples. She is a writer, editor and university lecturer based in Tulmur (Ipswich), Queensland. Her writing has been published in Flock, Overland, Kill Your Darlings and New Australian Fiction 2022 and 2019. Her debut novel, Burn, was published by Affirm Press earlier this year.