Helen Garner writes novels, stories, screenplays and works of non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for non-fiction and the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award. In 2019 she was honoured with the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.
Ramona Koval is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. She is the editor of Best Australian Essays (Black Inc) and was the presenter of internationally renowned ABC Radio National’s 'The Book Show'. She is the author of Speaking Volumes: Conversations with Remarkable Writers, a collection of international literary interviews. Her most recent book was By The Book: A Reader's Guide to Life.
Website: http://ramonakoval.com