Mary Garden is a freelance journalist with a PhD in Journalism (USC). Her writing has appeared in a range of publications, including Australian Financial Review, The Guardian, Meanjin and The Guardian. She has written extensively about “The Palmist and the Catwoman case, where Andrew Fitzherbert became the first person in Australia to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence alone. She is an award-winning author of four books: The Serpent Rising, Coming Together, Sundowner of the Skies, and My Father’s Suitcase, a memoir on her sister, which has won multiple awards including the National Indie Excellence Award for autobiography.