In Your Suburb - Dinuka McKenzie

Martine Kropkowski is a writer and researcher, whose essays on literature and culture appear across literary journals, magazines and anthologies. Previously a soldier and a journalist, Martine now teaches professional and creative writing at The University of Queensland where she is also completing a PhD. Her novel Everywhere We Look was released in October 2024 with Ultimo Press.

Dinuka McKenzie is an Australian writer and the author of the Detective Kate Miles crime series published in Australia and the UK. She is the winner of the 2020 HarperCollins Australia Banjo Prize. Her writing has been shortlisted for the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, the Bad Sydney Crime Danger Awards, longlisted for the Richell Prize, and highly commended in the Australian Crime Writers Association, Louie Award. Her short fiction has appeared in the 2022 Dark Deeds Down Under crime and thriller anthology. Dinuka lives in Southern Sydney on Dharawal country with her husband, two kids, and their pet chicken.