Demet Divaroren is the award-winning author of Living on Hope Street and the co-editor of CBCA-shortlisted anthology Growing up Muslim in Australia. She was born in her mother’s childhood home in Adana, Turkey. Demet migrated to Australia with her family when she was six months old and grew up on the outskirts of Melbourne. Demet’s unique voice shapes her stories, which explore multiculturalism, cross cultural relationships, racism, injustice, gender-based oppression, and what it means to be human. Blood Moon Bride is her second novel.
Flora Ogilvy is an actress, voiceover artist and audiobook narrator based in Melbourne, with an industry standard home studio. She has narrated 13 audiobook titles in Australian, American and UK accents and voiced more than 200 commercials and radio advertisements as well as a great deal of corporate voiceover. With more than 12 years experience as an actress in film, theatre and commercials, Flora also writes scripts and teaches acting.