Lois Murphy has travelled widely—most recently spending six years wandering around Australia in a homemade 4WD truck. After four years in Darwin, she relocated to the cooler climate of Tasmania, where her first novel, Soon, won the UTAS prize for an unpublished manuscript in the 2015 Premier’s Literary Awards. Lois has also won a handful of awards for her short stories, including the Northern Territory Literary Award and the Sisters in Crime Best New Talent Prize. She is currently working on her third novel.