Carmel Bird
Carmel Bird is an Australian novelist. She lives in Central Victoria, having grown up in Tasmania. She has written literary novels and collections of short fiction. She has also written books on the art of writing, and has edited six anthologies of essays and stories. She has taught fiction writing at the Universities of Melbourne, Deakin, Latrobe, Monash, Swinburne and RMIT. She has spoken at major literary events throughout Australia, as well as in England, Canada, USA, France and Spain.