Demet Divaroren was born in Turkey and migrated to Australia with her family when she was six months old. She has a diploma in Professional Writing and Editing from VictoriaUniversity. Her short story You No Have English? appeared in Island magazine and Best New Australian Stories (Scribe). Demet’s first novel Orayt? was shortlisted for the Vogel/Australian award. She lives in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.