Dr Bella Ellwood-Clayton was born in Melbourne, spent her early years in Canada, and returned to Australia in 2000 to study and live. She is an internationally-respected sexual anthropologist who holds a B.A. Hons, with a thesis on cross-cultural notions of beauty (Concordia University), and a Ph.D on young women’s sexuality (University of Melbourne). She writes a popular weekly column for the high-circulation transit paper MX (published in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane), is a regular social commentator for television and radio, and has made a popular documentary with National Geographic. Her first book, a groundbreaking work on contemporary female identity and sexuality, will be published by Allen & Unwin.