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Melissa Fagan is an Australian writer and editor who lives and works on the unceded lands of the Bundjalung nation in Northern NSW. Her fiction and nonfiction has been published in Overland, Kill Your Darlings, Meanjin, QWeekend and others. She also teaches and lectures in creative writing courses at a number of universities.

In 2018 she started a practice-led PhD in travel writing with Curtin University and the University of Aberdeen.

What Will Be Worn is her first book.

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	What Will Be Worn: a McWhirters story 3.85 avg rating — 46 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emerging Writer: an Insider's Guide to Your Writing Journey (Volume 4) by Sam Ryan (Contributor), Andre Dao (Editor), Oslo Davis (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kill Your Darlings, April 2015 by Brigid Mullane (Editor), Melanie Joosten (Contributor), Michelle Roger (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Within/Without These Walls by Malcolm Middleton OAM, Susan Prior, Darryl Dymock (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[untitled] (issue 5) by Les Zigomanis (Editor), Blaise van Hecke, Tom O'Connell (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where is Thabo?: A Story About Getting Ready for School... and Soccer Practice! by Melissa Fagan (Goodreads Author), Ndumiso Nyoni (Illustrator), Fathima Kathrada (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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