Amanda Curtin is the author of Kathleen O’Connor of Paris (narrative non-fiction, 2018), Elemental (novel, Australia/NZ 2013, UK 2016), The Sinkings (novel, 2008) and Inherited (short fiction collection, 2011). She lives in an old house in an old suburb of Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and an extremely opinionated Siamese cat.