Jane Skelton’s Lives of the Dead and Other Stories was published in 2013 by Spineless Wonders. Her long story Flying Foxes was short-listed in the Carmel Bird Award and published as an eBook, also by Spineless Wonders. Her stories and poetry have appeared in a wide range of literary magazines and anthologies including in Overland, Island Magazine, Going Down Swinging, Hecate and the Margaret River Press short story collection. Her novel earth eaters was a winner in the Varuna LitLink award in 2010.
Jane has a doctorate in Creative Arts, teaches casually at Western Sydney University and works part time in the non-government community sector in Western Sydney. She lives in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Her website is http://janeskelton.com.au/.