More about Kylie

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Kylie Orr (she/her) is an Australian author of dark and twisty contemporary fiction. after being long listed in the Richell Prize, her debut novel Someone Else’s Child was published by HarperCollins in 2022 to industry and reader praise.

Her next novel, The Eleventh Floor hit shelves in February 2024. Chosen as an Apple Books "Must Read" and "Book of the Week" in The Age and affiliate newspapers nationally, it has received rave reviews.

After studying for a Bachelor of Arts, backpacking Europe and returning home to work in Human Resources, Kylie embraced her love of writing when her first son was born. Twenty years and three additional children later, Kylie’s feature articles appear across a wide range of Australian publications including The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, and News Ltd. She was a regular contributor to Australia’s number-one parenting website, Essential Baby, which boasted an audience of 1.2 million readers each month. Her short stories have been recognised in numerous awards including Apollo Bay Word Fest & Stuart Hadow Short Story Competition. Her Whose? series of children’s books was released with Lake Press in 2017.

Her desire to delve into complex stories of everyday people and their secret lives behind closed doors saw Kylie turn to contemporary fiction. Her debut novel was awarded the Dymocks/Fiona McIntosh Masterclass scholarship and longlisted in the MsLexia International Novel Competition.

When she’s not writing, she’s trying to keep up with the 70-year-olds who share her yoga class or walking the hills of the Dandenong Ranges where she lives with her husband, four children and a cat who meows relentlessly.

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