About the Author

Bernadette Brennan is a critic and researcher of contemporary Australian writing. Her most recent award-winning work, A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work, offers a fascinating literary portrait of one of Australia's best-loved authors. Bernadette's literary criticism has been widely published in Australia and abroad. She is the recipient of the Copyright Agency's inaugural Fellowship for Non-Fiction writing and is currently one of five judges for the Miles Franklin Award.