Rebecca Lim is an Australian writer, illustrator, lawyer and editor and the author of over twenty books, including 'The Astrologer's Daughter' (A Kirkus Best Book of 2015 and CBCA Notable Book for Older Readers) and the internationally bestselling 'Mercy'. Her work has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards and INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards, shortlisted multiple times for the Aurealis Awards and Davitt Awards, and longlisted for the Gold Inky Award and the David Gemmell Legend Award. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian. She is a co-founder of the Voices from the Intersection initiative and co-editor, with Ambelin Kwaymullina, of 'Meet Me at the Intersection', a groundbreaking anthology of YA #OwnVoice memoir, poetry and fiction.