Julie Koh studied politics and law at the University of Sydney, then quit a career in corporate law to pursue writing. She is the author of two short-story collections: Capital Misfits and Portable Curiosities. The latter was shortlisted for several literary prizes and led to Julie being named a 2017 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist. Her short stories have appeared in publications including the Best Australian Stories in 2014 to 2017, and Best Australian Comedy Writing. Outside Australia, her fiction has been published in China, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Ireland and the United States. Julie edited BooksActually’s Gold Standard, co-founded the experimental literary collective Kanganoulipo, and was a judge for the 2018 Stella Prize. She is also the librettist for the satirical opera Chop Chef.