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​Teyah Miller is in her final semester of a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English Literature and intends to undertake further studies in the future. She has a particular passion for queer fiction, and strongly believes in the need for positive, authentic representation within literature. When she is not studying, she is most often reading, spending time with her rescue dogs, or seeing live music.

Courtney Boulais is in her third year at Macquarie University where she is majoring in English and minoring in Anthropology. Her favourite thing to do is read romance and queer fiction, and she holds queer romance particularly close to her heart. She loves to sew, write, bake and craft, and spends all of her spare time outside with her two cats soaking up the sun.​

​Courtney Howell is an English Literature student at Macquarie University. She endeavours to study a Master’s degree in the hopes of sharing her love of literature through a career in education. In her spare time, she loves to read (particularly fantasy and romance), crochet and watch movies. 

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Kobra Sayyadi is in the final semester of her Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English Literature. She enjoys reading fiction as well as non-fiction and hopes to pursue her love of literature in a post-graduate degree.

​Matilda Harrisson is a final year English literature student at Macquarie University. When she's not reading, she enjoys running, listening to Taylor Swift, and going to the beach with her friends. She looks forward to a career in publishing, and hopes to pursue postgraduate study sometime in the future. 

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​Jason Chen is a student currently studying a Bachelor of Arts degree with the degree of Bachelor of Science at Macquarie University, majoring in both English and Biology. He has been interested in literature and reading books of all kinds since childhood and also enjoys listening to music and podcasts in his spare time. As a fan of the dystopian and bush/outback genres in literature and media, the Dystopian Bush topic was a perfect choice as it was essentially an amalgamation of themes he was passionate about. Although this was the first time he was asked to write and record a podcast with a co-host, he found the experience to be fulfilling and enjoyable towards the end and looks forward to applying the experience he gained into future endeavours and projects.

​Jessica Jarrett is in her final year of a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English literature. She has a particular interest in young adult and children’s fiction, literary fiction and creative writing. Her hobbies include reading, writing, and painting. She is currently undertaking an editing internship and aims to enter a career in editing and publishing in the future.

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Jasmine Van Vliet is a third year English Literature student at Macquarie University who has a keen interest in romance and young adult fiction but will read anything put in front of her. When not studying, Jasmine works as a dental assistant and plays soccer for her local club.

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Lili Watkins-Murphy is a Macquarie University undergraduate student studying a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English literature and media, culture, and communications. She has completed an internship with Macquarie University's MQ Student Writers Festival where she recorded a podcast on the #MeToo movement in fiction, exploring subjects such as intersectional feminism and rape culture in both young adult and adult novels. Her future career goals are to complete a Masters of Research at Macquarie University as well as obtain a job within the publishing industry. Whilst she is not studying, Lili works at a bookstore. 

​Ahrya Reddy is a poet and writer who is a current undergraduate studying English Literature. Her creative work is inspired by her culture and experience of being a South Asian woman of colour in the diaspora. She is passionate about exploring and celebrating queerness, mental health, and feminism within her writing.