Jane Messer

Jane Messer is the accomplished writer of novels, short stories and essays, and is a former Associate Professor

of Creative Writing at Macquarie University. She is the founder and director of StorySALOON, a live show and podcast dedicated to Australian short stories. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

She is the author of Raven Mother: War, Family and Inheritance, a memoir (NewSouth Publishing) and three novels: Hopscotch (Picador), Provenance (Vintage) and Night by Night (McPhee Gribble/Penguin). She is the editor and contributor to the the anthologies, Bedlam - anthology of Sleepless Nights in Literature (Allen & Unwin) and Certifiable Truths - stories of Love and Madness (Allen & Unwin).