Zena Shapter Author & Editor

Zena Shapter is a multi-award-winning author of speculative and contemporary fiction, one of Australia’s “most exciting and inventive writers” and a “master of immersive worlds”. She speaks about and teaches storytelling and creative writing at festivals, conferences, libraries and schools, judges various writing awards, enjoys working as a mentor and editor, and encourages everyone to value the importance of creativity. She became an English tutor after her own children sought her help to achieve higher marks in English, then spent years devising strategies and tools to help make English easier to understand for students.