Madeleine Cleary

Madeleine Cleary is a writer who lives at the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne. Her debut novel of historical fiction, The Butterfly Women, is set to be published in May with Affirm Press. It was inspired by a connection to the thieves and prostitutes of the early colony of Melbourne. In Her Own Words was shortlisted in 2024 for the Australian Fiction Prize.