Hayley Scrivenor is an internationally bestselling author and a former festival director. Her first novel, Dirt Town, won a number of national and international awards, including the ILP John Creasey ‘New Blood’ Dagger, a Lambda Literary award and an ABIA for General Fiction Book of the Year. Hayley holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wollongong and lives on Dharawal country, on the east coast of Australia. Girl Falling is her second novel.