Emily Tsokos Purtill is a Western Australian writer of Greek heritage living in Perth/Boorloo. She has also lived in the UK, Vancouver, Paris and New York. Emily worked as a lawyer in Perth and in Paris. She has short fiction published in Westerly and Griffith Review and was recently announced as a winner of the 2024 Griffith Review Emerging Voices competition. Matia is published by UWA Publishing and is Emily’s debut novel.