Meg Vann is a writer, a digital experimenter, writing tutor, lecturer at University of Queensland, and is studying criminology at Griffith University.  She is the convenor of Sisters in Crime (Brisbane Chapter).

Caroline Kepnes is an American journalist, screenwriter and author who has been a TV extra, a TV and film critic forEntertainment Weekly and Yahoo, and a writer of one-hour TV dramas for teens. Her debut psychological thriller, You, was hailed by Stephen King as “totally original”. She continues the story of Joe Goldberg, an intelligent and charming murderer, in the sequel, Hidden Bodies. She is thrilled to be visiting Australia for the first time. 

Caroline Overington is an Australian writer and journalist. She has written nine books, including Last Woman Hanged, which won the Davitt Award for True Crime Writing in 2015. Caroline has also profiled many of the world’s most famous women, including Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton. She has twice won Australia’s most prestigious award for journalism, the Walkley Award for Investigative Journalism. She has also won the Sir Keith Murdoch award for Journalistic Excellence; the richest prize for business writing and the Blake Dawson Prize. Caroline lives in Sydney, Australia.

Justine Larbalestier is an Australian–American author of eight novels, notably the award-winning Razorhurst.