Christopher Konrad completed his PhD in creative writing (2012) at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. He has co-authored a book of poetry, Sandfire (2011), published by Sunline Press and has poems and short stories published in many journals and online. He has won the Tom Collins Prize (2009), Creatrix Prize (2009), Spilt Ink (2012) and the Todhunter Literary Award (2012). His new book, Letters to Mark is due out in 2013.