Dr Rose Michael

Senior Lecturer in writing and publishing at RMIT, Rose Michael has published speculative fiction in Island, Griffith Review, Best Australian Stories, Meanjin, Antipodes, and speculative criticism in TEXT, The Conversation, Sydney Review of Books and Reading Like an Australian Writer. Her first novel, The Asking Game, was a runner-up for the Vogel and received an Aurealis honourable mention; an early extract from her second, The Art of Navigation, was shortlisted for a Conjure award; her third, Else, has received funding from the Copyright Agency, City of Melbourne, and Creative Victoria.

She has also had a career in publishing: her first job was at an international educational publisher; she also worked as commissioning editor for a major independent house – after editing the national Weekly Book Newsletter and Bookseller & Publisher magazine – and managed her own 'micropress' Arcade Publications (relaunching in 2024).