When journalist Luke Williams began researching ice addiction, he didn’t count on becoming one of the statistics, trapped within the drug’s ferocious grip. In The Ice Age, Williams shares his personal experience and recovery as a cautionary tale to a nation facing an epidemic.
Luke Williams is an Australian journalist. He has previously worked as a reporter and broadcaster at ABC radio. In 2013 he was nominated for a Human Rights Media Award for a long-form investigative piece in The Global Mail, and in 2014 his article on ice addiction, Life as a Crystal Meth Addict, was a finalist in the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. His first book is The Ice Age: My Journey into Crystal Meth Addiction, and is published by Scribe.
Alana Schetzer has worked as a journalist for almost 10 years, including five years at The Age as a news reporter. She currently works as a science journalist at The University of Melbourne, and also teaches journalism, media and writing to undergraduate and masters students. Previously, Alana worked at The Melbourne Times and The Weekly Review and and has been a panelist and host at Emerging Writers Festival, National Young Writers Festival, Storyology and more. She is an elected representative to the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and co-founder of Women in Media, and represented Australia at the International Federation of Journalism 29th congress in France, earlier this year. Alana has been published in numerous publications including Peppermint, Time Out Melbourne, M Magazine, The Vine, MamaMia, Essential Kids and more.
