FICTION

Emma Stonex was born in 1983 and grew up in Northamptonshire. After working in publishing for several years, she quit to pursue her dream of writing fiction. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two young daughters.

For many years, Hilde Hinton was a secondhand book dealer who read in her spare time. Then she found the courage to write her first novel and was brave enough to share it with a publisher. That critically acclaimed novel, The Loudness of Unsaid Things, made a number of bestseller lists. Her second novel, A Solitary Walk on the Moon, proved Hilde's talent was developing and now she is about to publish her third novel. Hilde is still a reader, and now a bestselling writer. She lives in Melbourne and is an avid collector of glass fruit, Lego and interesting stories.

Hidden NatureThe beloved multi-million copy bestselling author is back with a brand-new novel about an injured cop in a race against time to find a twisted serial killerFrustrated and bored, injured cop Sloan Cooper is looking for anything to distract her from staring down the barrel of months of slow, painful recovery. When a woman mysteriously vanishes without trace from a supermarket car park, Sloan knows there is more to this case than meets the eye. As she begins to investigate she quickly uncovers similar cases across three states. Men and women, old and young-all with seemingly nothing in common. And the abductions keep happening.With no clues to speak of and a list of the missing growing almost daily, it will take every ounce of Sloan's endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case. And she's willing to risk her life again if that's what it takes...

Holly Wainwright is a writer, editor and podcaster who lives on the south coast of New South Wales with her partner and their young family. She's an Executive Editor at women's media company Mamamia. He Would Never is her fifth novel.

The Bearcat Georgia Rose Phillips is an award-winning writer who publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and academic scholarship. Her creative non-fiction novella, Holocene, was runner-up in the 2018 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers, and her short story 'New Balance' was a fiction winner in the 2021 Ultimo Prize. In 2022, her short story 'Beyond the Marram Grass' was a shortlisted finalist in the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS) Prize. Georgia is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide and holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of New South Wales.

Table For One Funny, fierce and life-affirming, TABLE FOR ONE is a love letter to you.If in doubt, date yourself.'A fast-paced, funny and touching story about smart young women’ ELIZABETH GILBERT'It's a fabulous read' RUTH JONES'Funny, warm yet galvanising' JENNIE GODFREY‘Joyful and affirming, this is a dopamine hit of a book' CLAIRE DAVERLEYWillow has everything worked out.*The steady partner*The successful career*The grown-up houseUntil she doesn’t – and she’s cast adrift on the sea of heartbreak, grieving a future with no clear path.With her life transformed beyond recognition, and her friends busy ‘moving forwards’, Willow has never felt more alone.But she’s in good company.And when inspiration arrives from an unlikely source, she rekindles the relationship she longs for – but has long neglected… The one with herself…PRAISE FOR EMMA GANNON:‘Culturally relatable, powerful and funny!’ ??????????‘Fantastic and super relatable’ ??????????‘I felt like I was reading it as a reflection of my life’??????????‘A lovely read with emotional and relatable themes throughout’ ??????????‘Comforting, funny, uplifting, emotional and ultimately just like a big hug in book form’ ??????????