Tanya Scott is an Australian writer, doctor and educator. Over a varied medical career, she has learned more from her patients than from any textbook – not just about physical and mental health, but about humanity, resilience and the absurdity of life. After growing up on the coast in western Victoria, Tanya studied and worked in Melbourne for over a decade, but always knew the beach would claim her back. She is now based on Wadawurrung country, on the Victorian Surf Coast. Stillwater is her first novel.

Margaret Hickey is an award-winning author and playwright from North East Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and is deeply interested in rural lives and communities. She is also the author of Cutters End, Stone Town, Broken Bay, The Creeper and An Ill Wind, and a collection of short stories, Rural Dreams. Cutters End was awarded the BAD Crime Sydney Festival’s…