About the Author

Sarah Kanake is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She has a PhD in creative writing from QUT on the representation of Down syndrome in Australian and Gothic literature. She was recently shortlisted for the Overland Short Story Prize and won the QUT Postgraduate Writing Award in 2013. Sarah lives on the Sunshine Coast with her partner, daughter and two dogs, and she is one half of the country music duo The Shiralee.