Heather Rose is an award-winning Australian author whose novels have won the Stella Prize, Christina Stead Prize, Margaret Scott Prize and ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Published internationally and translated into multiple languages, her work spans literary fiction, crime, magical realism, memoir, children’s fantasy and historical fiction. Writing also as Angelica Banks, Heather lives in Tasmania. Her latest novel, A Great Act of Love, was published in 2025.