Dr Lee Kofman is an award-winning author of nine books in two languages, including The Writer Laid Bare (Ventura Press, 2022), Imperfect (Affirm Press, 2019), which was shortlisted for Nib Literary Award, The Dangerous Bride (Melbourne University Press, 2014) and Split (Ventura Press, 2019), which was longlisted for ABIA Awards. Her latest book Ruptured (LJLA, 2025; Gefen 2026), an anthology of personal essays she co-edited, was published internationally and shortlisted for Australian Jewish Writers Awards 2026. Her short works have been widely published in Australia and overseas. Lee regularly speaks at literary events, judges awards, mentors writers and teaches writing.