Alison Croggon is described by the Australian Book Review as one of the most powerful lyric poets writing today. She has published several collections of poetry, and won the Anne Elder and Dame Mary Gilmore Prizes and was shortlisted for the Victorian (twice) and NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She is the author of the critically acclaimed and popular YA series The Books of Pellinor and runs the review blog Theatre Notes (theatrenotes.blogspot.com), for which she won the 2009 Geraldine Pascall Prize for Critic of the Year. She has written several works for theatre, including the upcoming opera MAYAKOVSKY with the composer Michael Smetanin.
