Since leaving the US in 1999, Heather Taylor Johnson has found a home in Adelaide, where she earned a PhD in Creative Writing and lives with Dash, her three children – Guthrow, Sunny and Matilda – and their dog, Tom.

She is a poetry editor for Wet Ink magazine and the author of the poetry collection Exit Wounds.

Recently she has decided that she adores writing reviews, and has done so for Cordite, Mascara, Overland, Wet Ink and Independent Weekly.