Gillian O’Shaughnessy is the author of Salt City Runaway (Night Parrot Press), 50 tiny stories featuring a cast of unforgettable Western Australian girls who delight and disrupt. She spent 25 years as a journalist and broadcaster with the ABC, curated Writers Weekend for Perth Festival and has judged the prestigious Australian Stella Prize. Her flash fiction has won or placed in over a dozen competitions and features in the international Best Small Fictions in 2023, 2024 and 2025. She is an editor for the US Flash Fiction journal, SmokeLong Quarterly.
