Jeanell Buckley is a writer of short stories and novels in the area of speculative and historical fiction. She is the winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence (Macquarie University) for her novel Chalet Heat and is currently working on a series of short stories set in Sydney. Stretcher Bearer was based on research into the diaries of Australian soldiers who fought in the First World War. In 2016 she was published in an anthology by Allen & Unwin.
