Susan Midalia is a Perth-based author of three short story collections, all shortlisted for major Australian literary awards, and a novel called The Art of Persuasion (2018). Her new novel, Everyday Madness, will be published early in 2021. She is also a freelance editor and mentor, and has been a judge of the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards and the T.A.G. Hungerford Award, as well as numerous short story competitions.