MELANIE TAIT is an award-winning playwright, journalist, author and radio-maker. Her plays include The Vegemite Tales, The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race and A Broadcast Coup. Melanie worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a journalist for twelve years and has written for Guardian Australia, Guardian UK, The Daily Telegraph, Island Magazine, Mamamia and news.com.au. Melanie curated the much-lauded live storytelling series Now Hear This, which she presented on ABC Radio National for five years. She lives in Sydney with her two extremely naughty little dogs, Mabel and Goldie.