Megan McGrath grew up on North Stradbroke Island, off the coast of Brisbane. In 2009 she was the winner of the State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award, after being runner-up in 2007 and Highly Commended in 2006.

Her work has been published in Writing Queensland Magazine, lip Magazine and the Courier-Mail. In 2005 she appeared in the Brisbane Writers' Festival emerging writers showcase.

She has travelled overseas to Mexico and Canada, and extensively around Australia, exploring the coastline and sourcing inspiration for her fiction. She has a bachelor degree in Creative Writing Production.