Miranda Gott has been writing for 12 years in those small gaps between paid work and raising children. Her first stage play, KANGAROO, was professionally stage in 2021 and recorded as a critically acclaimed 3-part podcast. Her short fiction has been published in anthologies and been runner-up for the SD Harvey Short Story Award for crime fiction. Growing up in the United States, Hong Kong and Melbourne, Miranda has been a wildlife scientist studying bandicoots, a journalist, a factory hand, a national parks officer, and a clerk for a royal commission. She has lived in Bathurst for 10 years.