Fiona Kelly McGregor has published eight books, most recently the novel Iris, shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, the NSW Premier’s Award, the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal, and longlisted for the Stella Prize. Previously, Indelible ink won Age Book of the Year and was published in French by Actes-Sud. McGregor’s non-fiction includes essay collection Buried not dead, shortlisted for the VPLA, genre-busting photoessay A novel idea, and travel memoir Strange museums. McGregor is also known for a large repertoire of performance art and event curation, writes for The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, Sydney Morning Herald, Art Monthly and more, and lives on unceded Gadigal land.