Stephen Lawrence has taught literature and writing for over 25 years, was media columnist for The Adelaide Review, and has edited eight published anthologies of creative work, including City Tales of Strangeness and Beauty (2009). He has been a speechwriter, media, project and publications officer for the South Australian government, and was guest poetry editor for Social Alternatives and Wet Ink. He has won or been shortlisted for twenty Australian literary awards, was a guest author at Writers' Week, and has been a judge for the Festival Literary Awards since 2002.