Romy Ash is the author of Floundering, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin, Commonwealth Book Prize and Prime Minister’s literary awards; and a children’s picture book called As Bright as a Rainbow. She was awarded the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists of the Year Award for 2013. She has been published in The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, The Griffith Review, Meanjin, Best Australian Short Stories and Best Australian Essays, among others. She lives in Naarm/Melbourne with her family.