Coming of Rage

Grand Crew is Tom Crago’s second book, and a different trip entirely to his business memoir Flashbacks from the Flow Zone. Tom mostly makes videogames at his Melbourne-based studio Tantalus, where he works on titles like The Legend of Zelda and Age of Empires. His virtual reality artwork, Materials, was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria for its permanent collection after featuring in the inaugural Triennial exhibition. With a PhD in art and philosophy from the University of Melbourne, Tom is more a wine lover than an expert. You’ll find the wines featured in this book in his cellar. Which is also where you’ll find Tom.

Joanna Horton is a writer living in Brisbane. She has an MA in anthropology from the University of Chicago, and is currently a doctoral candidate in sociology. Her essays and reviews have appeared in various publications. Between You and Me is her first novel.

Since retiring from work as a speech pathologist in clinical and academic settings, Alison has been busy writing fiction across the many genres she loves to read: mystery, crime, historical fiction, and science fiction. She self-published The Sisters’ Saga (historical fiction trilogy) in 2021. Her science-fiction novel Grey Nomad was shortlisted for the 2019 Inaugural Fantastica Prize (Brio Books), and the Queensland Writers’ Centre Adaptable program in 2020, and in 2023 it is being published under the imprint of Brio Books.

Shirley Le is a Vietnamese-Australian writer from Yagoona and Creative Producer at Sweatshop Literacy Movement. Her writing has been published in Overland, The Guardian, SBS Voices and several Sweatshop anthologies including Another Australia. Funny Ethnics (Affirm Press, 2023) is her first novel.

Lauren Sherritt is a storyteller whose work spans theatre, podcasts, narrative non-fiction and digital campaigns. She was a resident at The Ethics Centre in 2023-24, exploring the ethics of having children in a world in crisis. In 2020, she was commissioned to co-write eco-feminist play Rising, which was produced by Playlab Theatre and premiered at Metro Arts in 2021. She has produced podcasts and had writing published by Junkee, Writing Queensland, Story City, Australian Stage and the Australian Theatre for Young People.