Sharlene Allsopp was born on Bundjalung Country into the Olive mob. Her debut novel The Great Undoing, released with Ultimo Press, won the Queenland Literary Awards Fiction Book of the Year 2024. Sharlene lives in Magandjin/Brisbane with her family and her beloved doggo—Morty. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing and teaches as a casual academic at the University of Queensland. Through a Glass, Darkly is her second novel.
