Amy Barker has degrees in Literature and Creative Writing and her first novel, Omega Park, won the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Emerging Author.
Jennifer Barrett writes winning short stories as well as YA fiction. Her story Chocolate, Coffee and Dimes was published in One Book Many Brisbanes anthology in 2008 and she was a finaliset in the ABC Radio Short Story Project 2007.
Dr Monique Beedles holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Queensland University of Technology and is currently completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Writing. Monique is the Director of Teak Yew Pty Ltd, a specialised strategy consultancy, which provides strategic advice and support to creative and innovative enterprises.
Julie Beveridge directed the Queensland Poetry Festival in 2008 and 2009. She is Marketing and Program Coordinator for Queensland Writers Centre. She has two chapbooks of poetry Rock’n’Roll Tuxedo and Home is Where the Heartache is. 
Jo Butler has worked for over 15 years in the book publishing industry for most of Australia’s major trade publishing houses. She has spent much of her career as an editor, primarily working on fiction and memoir. Since 2009, she has been the publisher of Australian and international literary fiction at HarperCollins.
Sally Collings is the author of three books and also a publisher. Her latest book, The World According to Kids, captures the way children see life, family and chocolate cake. Sally has worked in book publishing for over 20 years; she is a former associate publisher (non-fiction) with HarperCollins Australia and editorial director of Amber Books in the UK. In 2009, Sally teamed up with her husband Robert Collings to create Red Hill Publishing.
Trent Dalton is a feature writer for The Courier-Mail. He has written for The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Adelaide Advertiser, The Sunday Times and Griffith REVIEW. His first feature film screenplay is currently in development.
Ian Demack is the author of The Modern Machiavelli: The Seven Principles of Power in Business (Allen & Unwin, 2002). His short story, Dürer’s Rhinoceros, was selected for the One Book Many Brisbanes anthology of 2007.
Jacinta di Mase is a literary agent with 20 years experience in the publishing industry. She started her own agency, Jacinta di Mase Management in January 2004 after eight years with two of Australia’s premier literary agencies, Australian Literary Management (ALM), and Jenny Darling & Associates.
Kate Eltham is the CEO of Queensland Writers Centre. She has published fiction and non-fiction in numerous Australian anthologies, magazines and newspapers and has presented workshops and seminars to writers throughout Australia. She is the author of Electric Alphabet, a blog of publishing futures.
Deonie Fiford has more than ten years experience as an editor within the Australian publishing industry for Hachette Australia and Simon and Schuster. She currently works as a freelance editor and teacher.
Beth Flatley is the General Manager of Queensland Writers Centre. Her background is in theatre, education and arts management in Australia and the UK. She held the post of Education and Outreach Manager at The Queen's Theatre in East London, where she lead a community arts development project culminating in a biennial festival of new writing. Prior to this Beth was an English and Drama teacher in the UK and in Maryborough, Queensland.
Katherine Howell studied suspense in fiction for her Masters degree in creative writing at the University of Queensland. She is an award winning author of three novels. Prior to being published, Katherine worked as a paramedic for fifteen years. www.katherinehowell.com
Trent Jamieson has sold over seventy short stories since his first sale in 1994. He won the Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story in 2005, and his short story collection Reserved for Travelling Shows was published by Prime Books in 2006. He has tutored on the short story at QUT, and worked as fiction editor for /Redsine/ Magazine. His recent work can be found in Cosmos Magazine, Jack Dann's anthology Dreaming Again, and Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt's Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and SF: Fourth Annual Volume.
Adair Jones regularly contributes stories, articles and reviews to a variety of publications, many on the subject of writing. She is currently undertaking PhD research in creative writing at QUT, part of which will entail writing her third novel, which examines social justice in contemporary Australia. Her second novel, Flesh, is represented by the Curtis-Brown Literary Agency.
Shelley Kenigsberg is a freelance editor, writer and trainer, and proprietor of SK Publishing. She has coordinated and delivered the Macleay College Diploma in Book Editing and Publishing for the past 15 years and has developed and presented courses for editors all over the world.
Krissy Kneen is the author of a mini-collection of erotic short stories Swallow the Sound and the book Affection: a Memoir of Love, Sex and Intimacy published through Text publishing in 2009. Her short stories have appeared in journals including Griffith REVIEW and Nerve.com
Nerida Newton's first novel, The Lambing Flat, won The Queensland Premier's Award for an Emerging Author, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for a Best First novel and One Book One Brisbane. Her second novel, Death of a Whaler, was published by Allen and Unwin in July 2006. Nerida has taught a wide variety of creative writing workshops and has tutored at the University of Queensland.
Claire Scobie is an English-born journalist and author of Last Seen in Lhasa, winner of the Dolman Best Travel Book Award 2007. She writes for The Daily Telegraph and The Observer, UK and is a contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Life, Marie Claire and The Australian Way, the Qantas in-flight magazine. Claire lives in Sydney, teaches writing workshops and is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers. She is also a research scholar at the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney. www.clairescobie.com
Angela Slatter has extensive experience in tertiary education administration, having worked at the University of Queensland, the Australian Graduate School of Management and Queensland University of Technology, as well as in private industry. Angela holds a Masters (Research) in Creative Writing from QUT and is a prolific writer, with short stories published in Australia, the US, Canada and the UK.
Tiana Templeman is an international author with Random House, freelance writer and qualified corporate trainer. Her first book Absolutely Faking It has been reprinted numerous times and translated for overseas publication. Tiana writes for such diverse markets as The Weekend Australian, South China Morning Post, Australian Traveller, and Australia Council for the Arts. She also has a weekly food and travel radio segment on ABC 612 Queensland. www.tianatempleman.com
Meg Vann is a Graduate of the Writing, Editing and Publishing Program at The University of Queensland. Meg's background as a community legal worker informs her special interest in developing online communities and resources for writers. Meg also tutors creative writing, and writes crime fiction.
Kim Wilkins has degrees in literature and creative writing, and teaches at the University of Queensland. Her first novel, The Infernal, was published in 1997. Since then, she has published across many genres and for many different age groups. Kim has won many awards and is published all over the world.