Once upon a time (briefly) Rachael was an English teacher, then her dreams of becoming a novelist came true. Now she spends her days writing romance and women’s fiction in the Swan Valley, Western Australia. Her book The Patterson Girls won the ABIA Award in 2016 for General Fiction and she has also won the prestigious Romance Writers of Australia RUBY Award twice.

When she’s not writing, you’ll find Rachael reading, occasionally sewing, hanging with her adorable Sheepadoodle or listening to audiobooks while driving around or cleaning up after her three sons. The only TV show she watches is The Farmer Wants a Wife and every year she says she’ll read more non-fiction but fails because there are too many good novels waiting to be devoured.

Kylie is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-selling, Audie Award winning author. She has sold over 2,000,000 books and was voted Australian Romance Writer of the year four times by the Australian Romance Reader’s Association. Her books have been translated into sixteen different languages. She is based in Queensland, Australia; living and working on land traditionally owned by the Jagera people.

Amy Andrews is a multi-award-winning, USA Today best-selling Australian author who has written over ninety contemporary romances in both the traditional and digital markets. With a passion for crafting stories that blend humour, emotion, and sizzling chemistry, Amy delivers sexy, heartwarming and swoon-worthy reads across a variety of romance sub-genres. She has been translated into 20 plus markets, including manga, and sold over 3 million books. She recently signed a 2 book deal with Harper Collins Australia for a romcom releasing in early 2026 and a ruro releasing later that year.

She lives in a pretty little coastal town in central Queensland where the rhythmic pulse of the ocean forms the soundtrack to all her happily-ever-afters.

Award-winning Australian romance author Ally Blake has sold over four million copies of her more than forty published novels, with each translated into multiple languages worldwide. A popular speaker, and ambassador for romantic literature and Australian voices, Ally is co-creator of the ‘game-changing’ www.HowtoWriteLove.com online course, has presented at writing conferences and literary festivals all around Australia, and is a regular speaker at the Queensland Writers Centre, as well as host of several Book Clubs for Brisbane Libraries. Follow Ally on social media @allyblakebooks and find her books at www.allyblake.com.

Louisa is a career counsellor and podcaster by day, and a former journalist, who loves to write romance set in an Aussie small town. She once wrote a short story to prove tractors are sexy, and it came second in the Spicy Bites competition with Romance Writers of Australia in 2022. Louisa’s novel, “Ignite” was pitched at Queensland Writers Centre’s Adaptable program and a finalist in the RWNZ Koru award. “Ignite” along with “Embers” were finalists in the Australian Romance Readers Association (ARRA) awards. Her short Christmas story “Chocolate and Orange” was published in the Sweet Treats ‘Chocolate’ anthology which won ARRA’s Members Choice award for Best Anthology. Louisa also writes as Sabrina Duval conjuring up witchy romance stories with a body count.

Author, Elle Croxford is a writer-producer, investor, and agent of change who is making the world even more extraordinary through wellness and feel good entertainment. Elle is the author of the Better Now Than Never book series and The Sentimental Blonde. She has been the recipient of prestigious awards such as the Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowship and the Queensland Writers Centre Fishbowl Writers Residency.

Award-winning and best-selling Brisbane author, HM Hodgson, writes about romance (steamy scenes a must!), intrigue and magic. Magic that moves worlds and takes her to another place.

In 2021, HM Hodgson won the Romance Writers of Australia First Kiss competition with the first kiss scene from her novel, Keeper Of My Heart, as judged by producer and director, Tosca Musk. in 2023, Hodgson also won the Australian Romance Readers Association award for Favourite Continuing Romance Series 2022 with The Immortal Keepers.

When not writing or reading or daydreaming about her next literary hero, you can find her sipping coffee and eating chocolate (usually together).