Meet the Author:

Grace Fatchen is an emerging writer from the Adelaide Hills. She has a Bachelor of Journalism and Creative Writing from the University of South Australia and in 2023, was shortlisted for Overland Magazine’s Neilma Sydney Short Story Prize and the Tasmanian Writer’s Prize. Her work has appeared in Verse Magazine and she has written for Adelaide-based community radio station LifeFM. Her writing is inspired by her Chrisitan faith, and her beautiful yet ordinary life. Grace works in a children’s bookstore. When not working on her writing, she enjoys playing sea shanties on her piano accordion.
Photo Credit: Jonathan Baker @jonathanbaker_camera
Awards and Publications:
Overland Magazine – Mandarin Skins shortlisted in the Neilma Sydney Short Story Prize
Tasmanian Writers Prize – Something Blue shortlisted and published in the 2023 competition anthology.