Catherine McKinnon is an award-winning writer. Her most recent novel, Storyland was published by Harper Collins in 2017, in 2018 it was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, the Barbara Jefferis Award and the Voss Literary Prize, long listed for the lndie Book Awards, and was named one of ABC TV’s The Book Club’s Five of the Best in 2017. Catherine is under commission with Merrigong to adapt Storyland into a play. Catherine has directed and helped develop many new Australian plays.