Adelaide author and curator, Dr Margot Osborne, has a PhD in art history from the University of Adelaide, where she is a visiting research fellow. She is the author or co-author of numerous catalogues and books on Australian artists, including Liz Williams: Body language (Wakefield Press, 2017); Christopher Orchard: The uncertainty of the poet (SALA monograph series, Wakefield Press, 2017); Giles Bettison: Pattern and perception (SALA monograph series, Wakefield Press, 2015); Jeff Mincham: Ceramics (Object Living Treasure monograph, 2009); Australian Glass Today (Wakefield Press, 2005); and Nick Mount: Incandescence (SALA monograph series, Wakefield Press, 2003). She has been editor of CACSA Broadsheet (1986-88); art critic for the Advertiser (1988-91); art and design feature writer for the Adelaide Review and the Advertiser (2003-07); guest editor of two issues of Artlink on 'Beauty' (2007) and 'Art, pattern and complexity' (2010); and a contributor to Australian art journals.