Amanda Curtin is the author of two novels, Elemental and The Sinkings; a collection of short fiction, Inherited; and a work of narrative non-fiction, Kathleen O'Connor of Paris. As well as writing, Amanda has been a freelance book editor for more than 30 years. She lives in suburban Perth, Western Australia-traditional lands of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation-and works in a backyard studio among magpies, doves and old trees.