Gillian O’Shaughnessy is an author, journalist and presenter. Her short fiction has been widely published in journals and anthologies, winning international prizes and featuring in the Best Small Fictions, (2023–2025). Gillian has curated Writers Weekend for Perth Festival and spent 25 years as a broadcaster and reporter with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She is a sub-editor for the US journal SmokeLong Quarterly, teaches masterclasses in flash fiction, and is serving as a 2026 Australian Stella Prize judge. Salt City Runaway is Gillian’s first book, published by Night Parrot Press. She lives in Walyalup, Fremantle, Western Australia.
