About the author

Vanessa Jones

<p>Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Vanessa Jones is a screenwriter and author, runs her own business as a copywriter and has quite a varied background in marketing. Vanessa holds an Advanced Diploma of Professional Writing (awarded most outstanding student in poetry), has previously been awarded a commendation for the SOYA writing category (2013), winner of National Year of Reading short story competition (2011), was a SA Writers Centre youth ambassador and editor (2011) and co editor of Australian Poetry Anthology (2011).</p><p>In 2021, she was shortlisted for the Hothouse Screenwriting Residency with Mercury CX and placed as runner-up for the Script Pipeline Great TV and Movie Idea Contest in early 2022.</p><p>Known for her love of waffles, the colour red and all things occult.</p>