Rachael Mead is a writer living on unceded Peramangk country in South Australia. She's had an eclectic life, working as an archaeologist, environmental campaigner and seller of books both old and new. Rachael's work has been widely published, including four collections of poetry: The Flaw in the Pattern (UWA Publishing 2018), The Sixth Creek (Picaro Press 2013) and the chapbooks Sliding Down the Belly of the World (Wakefield Press 2012) and The Quiet Blue World (Garron Publishing 2015). Her debut novel, The Application of Pressure, was released by Affirm Press in May 2020. When not in rehab for her addictions to op-shopping and books, Rachael lives in the Adelaide Hills with her husband, animals and a slightly ridiculous collection of vintage overcoats.