Gods, Magic and Monsters

Amie Kaufman is a New York Times, USA Today and internationally bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy. Her multi-award winning work has been translated into nearly thirty languages, and is in development for film and TV. Raised in Australia and occasionally Ireland, Amie has degrees in history, literature, law and conflict resolution, and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing. She lives by the sea in Melbourne with her family, and an extremely large personal library. Her latest book is the fantasy adventure The Isles of the Gods.

Naomi Novik is the New York Times bestselling author of The Scholomance series, the award-winning novels Uprooted and Spinning Silver, and the nine-volume Temeraire series. She is a founder of the Organization for Transformative Works and the Archive of Our Own. Her upcoming anthology Buried Deep and Other Stories will be available September 2024. 

sydney khoo (they/them) is a nonbinary and aromantic asexual writer, born on Dharawal Country (South Western Sydney), to Malaysian Chinese parents.

Though typically drinking bubble tea in Cabramatta, or reading fanfiction in a McDonald's carpark, they can occasionally be found writing poetry and stories at cafés with their dog Gizmo.

Follow them @sydneykhoo or visit sydneykhoo.com.

Ron Serdiuk runs Brisbane's Specialist genre bookshop, Pulp Fiction.