Lia Hills is a poet, novelist, curator and translator. Her debut novel, The Beginner's Guide to Living, was released to critical acclaim and shortlisted for the Victorian, Queensland, and Western Australian premiers' literary awards and the New Zealand Post Book Awards. It has been translated into several languages. Her second novel, The Crying Place, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and was the Australian Independent Bookseller Book of the Month. Other works include her award-winning poetry collection, the possibility of flight, and her translation of Marie Darrieussecq's acclaimed novel, Tom is Dead. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand, Lia lives and works on Wurundjeri Country.