Stephen Orr was born in Adelaide in 1967, studied science and education and taught in a range of country and metropolitan schools. One of his early plays, Attempts to Draw Jesus, became his first novel, shortlisted for the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award. Since then he has published ten novels (most recently, Sincerely, Ethel Malley) and two volumes of short stories (Datsunland and The Boy in Time). He has been nominated for awards such as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Miles Franklin Award and the International Dublin Literary Award.

Tim Reeves is an Adelaide-based historian and author. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with first-class Honours at the University of Adelaide, with a thesis on the impact of Duncan's death on gay law reform in South Australia. He has since published widely on the topic including for the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Wakefield Companion to South Australian History and the international Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History. He also designed Adelaide City Council's interpretive sign about the Duncan case which was unveiled near the University footbridge in 2020. Tim has produced a range of academic work as well as journalism and poetry. His fourth book, Adelaide Modernism: 101 Houses, is forthcoming and also from Wakefield Press.

Margaret Ann Spence is the author of two novels, the award winning Lipstick on the Strawberry and the award finalist Joyous Lies. A graduate of Melbourne University, Margaret worked for Penguin Books (Australia) Ltd, and Walkabout magazine before moving to the United States to obtain a master's degree in journalism from Boston University. She worked in public relations, earned an MBA degree, and has published in newspapers and print and online magazines.

Karen Wyld is an author of Martu descent living on the south coast of Adelaide, South Australia. Karen's books include Where the Fruit Falls (historical novel, University of WA Publishing) and Heroes Rebels and Innovators (children's nonfiction, Hachette). Karen is a South Australia Literary Fellowship 2024 recipient, and co-editor of The Rocks Remain anthology (Wakefield Press, 2024).

Aside from his 9-to-5 writing, Rick Hodges has produced fictional works, including short stories and a stage play. He wrote his play, Three Generations of Imbeciles, based on a 1927 court case from his home state of Virginia that cleared the way for involuntary sterilisation of people with disabilities for decades before the practice was outlawed.

Sue Williams is one of the editors of The Regenerative Spirit Volume 2: (Un)settling, (dis)locations, (post-)colonial, (re)presentations - Australian post-colonial reflections.

Katie Stedman completed a degree in Medical Science before she decided to pursue her life-long passion for reading and writing. She refers to herself as a professional bookworm, having worked as a bookseller, library technician, and editor, including for the Flinders University student magazine, Empire Times. She can be found writing, surrounded by a growing collection of well-loved books.

Katia Rawlings is a published writer and editor, and her works can be seen in the 2023 edition of the Empire Times magazine. Katia enjoys writing mostly fantasy but is more than happy to dabble in other genres of fiction and non-fiction alike.

Amber Marin grew up on the Murray River with her four siblings, ever-inventing games and stories to stave off the boredom. A real, fire-breathing dragon has always been high on her birthday wish-list, but while she waits for one, she contents herself with an infinite amount of iced coffee and cinnamon donuts.

Kate Mandalov has been writing stories since she was five, starting with whacky nonsense tales. She won the State Theatre Company's Young Gun's Playwrights Award in 2005 and was once nominated for the Jill Blewett Playwright's Award. She hopes to find further success in historical prose following her studies at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.

Bernard O'Neil, a consulting historian, is a member of the Professional Historians Association (South Australia) and a Visiting Research Fellow in History at the University of Adelaide. He was a foundation committee member of the Australasian Mining History Association, the Friends of South Australia's Archives and the History Council of South Australia. In 1990 he was a founding member of the Society of Editors, SA (now a branch of IPEd, the Institute of Professional Editors).

Dr Sandra Kearney completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies in History at Flinders University in 2022. She was the managing editor of the revised edition of The Wakefield Company to South Australian History, and from 2018 to 2020 was secretary of the History Council of South Australia.

Colin Ball became radicalised to the Left in the 1970s as a student at Flinders University. He became an avid organic gardener, among other endeavours pioneering the Hindmarsh City Farm in the mid-1980s. He has always enjoyed a hankering to tell and write stories. Along with his appreciation for the stories that photographs and maps reveal, this hankering led him to revive Karen Joyce's Hindmarsh Pughole 'Recollections' interviews in this illustrated book.

Karen Joyce's interest in world politics was triggered when as a twelve-year-old she saw a documentary on the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She became involved in Vietnam War demonstrations, and organisations such as Greenpeace and the Australian Conservation Foundation. While working days in the Commonwealth Public Service, she decided to contribute to the working-class history of the Hindmarsh township by interviewing long-term residents.

Jan Andrews grew up in Melbourne and studied there and in Boston. Teaching was followed by a career in public policy and administration. A lifelong engagement with language and poetry accompanied these travels.