Brigid Delaney is a former lawyer turned journalist. She has been a staff writer and editor for THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, worked in digital news and on the foreign desk at the TELEGRAPH in London, and has been the deputy editor at ninemsn. Her writing has appeared in THE AGE, MARTHA'S VINEYARD GAZETTE, THE SPECTATOR , THE GUARDIAN, VOGUE, SUNDAY LIFE and THE AUSTRALIAN. She has contributed a short story to SOME GIRLS DO (Allen and Unwin, 2007) and an essay for GRIFFITH REVIEW'S ‘Next Big Thing’ issue.