Miss-behaving
ABOUT THE SHOW
The darkness of domestic life comes out of the shadows in these compelling character studies wrapped in mysteries. Whether it’s the absurdities of the upper class, the breaching of societal norms or a very unusual injury, these novels are about what makes the veneer of normalcy come crashing down.
Supported by QBD Books
PART OF BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Meg Bignell is the author of four novels published by Penguin Random House — The Sparkle Pages, Welcome to Nowhere River, The Angry Women’s Choir, and The Good Losers. She has also authored one non-fiction book — Tasmanian Gardens (Thames and Hudson). The Angry Women’s Choir was shortlisted for the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award and won the People’s Choice Award for Fiction at the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards. Meg has written, directed and performed for cabaret, film, stage and television, and in the 2000s was Tasmania’s weather presenter for the Nine Network. Meg lives on a farm on Tasmania’s east coast with her husband, three children, one dog and one thousand cows.
Sara Foster writes page-turning psychological suspense thrillers with strong female leads. Her latest novel, When She Was Gone (2025), begins when an au pair and two small children vanish from a remote Australian beach, and is a race-against-time thriller, exploring themes around misogyny, wealth, power and control. Sara is also the author of the acclaimed dystopian thriller The Hush and seven more bestselling psychological suspense stories. Two of her novels have been optioned for television, and You Don’t Know Me was adapted into a chart-topping drama podcast series by Listnr. Sara has a PhD in creative writing (studying maternal representations in fiction) and writes regularly on Substack, for writers at The Resilient Author, and for readers at Story Matters. She lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband, two daughters, three cats, Luna the cavoodle and Sunny the bearded dragon.
Naima Brown holds degrees in Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology and Religious Studies. Her non-fiction has appeared in Vogue Australia, the Guardian Australia, and more. She has spent over a decade working in news, current affairs and documentary. She was born and raised in Northern California before living and working in Yemen and Afghanistan, and now lives in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales with her husband and her dog. Naima is the author of The Shot and Mother Tongue.
Suzanne Do is an Australian writer and former lawyer. She is the co-writer of the feature film, Footy Legends, and the award-winning children’s book, The Little Refugee. Suzanne Do is an Australian writer and former lawyer. She is the co-writer of the feature film, Footy Legends, and the award-winning children’s book, The Little Refugee.
Sita Walker is an English and Literature teacher in Brisbane. Her first piece, Love in the Time of Grandmother, was shortlisted in the SBS Emerging Writers Competition and was published by Hardie Grant in the anthology, Roots: Home is Who We Are. Before that, she dabbled in blogging and wrote short letters to her students. Her debut memoir, The God of No Good, was released in 2023 and received the Courier Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Meg Bignell is the author of four novels published by Penguin Random House — The Sparkle Pages, Welcome to Nowhere River, The Angry Women’s Choir, and The Good Losers. She has also authored one non-fiction book — Tasmanian Gardens (Thames and Hudson). The Angry Women’s Choir was shortlisted for the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award and won the People’s Choice Award for Fiction at the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards. Meg has written, directed and performed for cabaret, film, stage and television, and in the 2000s was Tasmania’s weather presenter for the Nine Network. Meg lives on a farm on Tasmania’s east coast with her husband, three children, one dog and one thousand cows.
Sara Foster writes page-turning psychological suspense thrillers with strong female leads. Her latest novel, When She Was Gone (2025), begins when an au pair and two small children vanish from a remote Australian beach, and is a race-against-time thriller, exploring themes around misogyny, wealth, power and control. Sara is also the author of the acclaimed dystopian thriller The Hush and seven more bestselling psychological suspense stories. Two of her novels have been optioned for television, and You Don’t Know Me was adapted into a chart-topping drama podcast series by Listnr. Sara has a PhD in creative writing (studying maternal representations in fiction) and writes regularly on Substack, for writers at The Resilient Author, and for readers at Story Matters. She lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband, two daughters, three cats, Luna the cavoodle and Sunny the bearded dragon.
Naima Brown holds degrees in Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology and Religious Studies. Her non-fiction has appeared in Vogue Australia, the Guardian Australia, and more. She has spent over a decade working in news, current affairs and documentary. She was born and raised in Northern California before living and working in Yemen and Afghanistan, and now lives in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales with her husband and her dog. Naima is the author of The Shot and Mother Tongue.
Suzanne Do is an Australian writer and former lawyer. She is the co-writer of the feature film, Footy Legends, and the award-winning children’s book, The Little Refugee. Suzanne Do is an Australian writer and former lawyer. She is the co-writer of the feature film, Footy Legends, and the award-winning children’s book, The Little Refugee.
Sita Walker is an English and Literature teacher in Brisbane. Her first piece, Love in the Time of Grandmother, was shortlisted in the SBS Emerging Writers Competition and was published by Hardie Grant in the anthology, Roots: Home is Who We Are. Before that, she dabbled in blogging and wrote short letters to her students. Her debut memoir, The God of No Good, was released in 2023 and received the Courier Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award.
