Marele Day's four-book Claudia Valentine series won her a Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award for crime writing. Her bestselling literary novel, Lambs of God, was published to acclaim in Australia and overseas, and became a multi-award winning miniseries. Other novels include Mrs Cook: The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain's Wife, and The Sea Bed. Marele has more than twenty years' experience as a mentor and teacher of Creative Writing. She has served as judge for literary competitions including The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She lives on Bundjalung Country in northern New South Wales.
