Inez Baranay was born in Italy to Hungarian parents who immigrated to Australia, where she grew up.

She is the author of nine published books, six of them novels, the latest, With the Tiger, was published by HarperCollins India. Her previous novel, Neem Dreams, was also published in India and in 2007-2008 she spent five months at Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam writing an adaptation. She is currently working on a memoir.