Contributors

Don Watson

(“More than a feeling”, p.8) is an award-winning author. His books include Death Sentence, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart, The Bush, Watsonia and The Passion of Private White.

Rebecca Giggs

(“On senses: Sight unseen”, p.10) is an author from Perth. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, Granta and The Best Australian Science Writing. Her debut book, Fathoms, won several prizes including the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.

Anthony Ham

(“Tracking country”, p.12) writes about wildlife, conservation and current affairs for magazines and newspapers around the world.

Chloe Hooper

(“Scored earth”, p.14) is the author of Bedtime Story, The Arsonist and The Tall Man, and the novels The Engagement and A Child’s Book of True Crime.

Rick Morton

(“Empathy bypass”, p.16) is an author and The Saturday Paper’s senior reporter.

Nick Feik

(“The great stock ’n’ coal swindle”, p.24) is a former editor of The Monthly.

Richard Cooke

(“Being John Hughes”, p.34) is The Monthly’s contributing editor.

Anna Verney

(“Being John Hughes”, p.34) is a freelance writer and lawyer.

Elliot Perlman

(“Three dollars …”, p.50) is a writer. His books include The Street Sweeper, Seven Types of Ambiguity and Maybe the Horse Will Talk.

Miriam Cosic

(“Movers and shakers”, p.56) is a Sydney-based journalist and author.

Brodie Lancaster

(“Body horror”, p.60) is a writer and co-host of the podcast See Also.

Helen Elliott

(“Matters of life and Beth”, p.64) is a literary journalist and writer.

Judith Lucy

(“Public works”, p.68) is a comedian, actor, writer, broadcaster and movie nerd.

Christos Tsiolkas

(“Life sentences”, p.74) is the author of seven novels, including 7½, Damascus, The Slap and Barracuda, and the short-story collection Merciless Gods.

Judy Horacek

(“Rear view”, p.74) is a cartoonist, artist, writer and children’s book creator.

Sean Davey

(cover image) is a photographer whose career spans more than 20 years, and was awarded a World Press Photo for coverage of the Black Summer bushfires.