Kirsty Murray is a multi-award-winning author of more than 20 books for children and young adults. Based in Melbourne, she is passionate about Australian stories. Her work is published internationally and includes eleven novels as well as non-fiction, junior fiction, historical fiction, speculative fiction and picture books. 

Kirsty is also a Director on the board of the Australian Society of Authors and the Copyright Agency. It is this important work which provides the chief topic for a lively and wide-ranging conversation with Writing WA Chair Lesley Reece AM.