Kylie Ladd is a novelist, psychologist and freelance writer. Her five previous novels have been published in Australia and overseas and The Way Back has been optioned for film. She has also co-edited and co-authored two non-fiction books, and her essays and articles have been published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review, Meanjin, O Magazine, Good Medicine, Kill Your Darlings and Reader’s Digest, amongst others. Kylie holds a PhD in neuropsychology and lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children. Read more about Kylie Ladd and this talk here.