Kate Murray is a New Zealander living in Melbourne with her family, an alarming amount of Lego and an ordinary number of books. She is a full-time parent slash writer, conjuring up spare time so she can conjure up stories. Her debut novel, We Who Hunt the Hollow, won the the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adults, and was shortlisted for the Ampersand Prize and the Readings Prize. The sequel, We Who Are Forged in Fire, was shortlisted for the Best Fiction for Younger Readers in the 2024 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards.