Jacqueline Kent is a Sydney-based writer of non-fiction and biography, as well as young adult fiction, general articles and literary journalism. Her working background includes radio interviewing, print journalism, radio and TV scriptwriting, editing books, ghost- writing, teaching editing and creative writing, and arts administration. She is the author of A Certain Style, the National Biography Award-winning biography of acclaimed book editor Beatrice Davis, as well as An Exacting Heart, the story of pianist and social activist Hephzibah Menuhin, and The Making of Julia Gillard, the only full biography of Australia’s first woman prime minister. Her most recent book is Bonjour, Mademoiselle! (with Tom Roberts), the biography of trans pioneer April Ashley. She holds a Doctorate of Creative Arts from UTS, Sydney.