Margot is a Young Adult author whose fiction is inspired by her love of fairy tales, horror films and South Australian landscapes.
Her debut novel, Neverland (PRH Aus., 2018), was shortlisted for the 2015 Text Prize and the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. Her new YA Horror novel, This Stays Between Us, will be published by PRH Aus. in March 2025, with a YA Gothic novel to follow in 2026.
She is a contributing author to Wakefield Press’ Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales anthology (2021) and her short fiction has also appeared in issues of The Dark.
She holds a creative writing Ph.D. from Flinders University and, in addition to presenting school talks and writing workshops, she has taught English and creative writing topics at university level, run the Teen Writers club and other workshops for Writers SA and been a presenter for the Kill Your Darlings online workshop series.
Margot is a former member of the LoveOzYA committee and a passionate advocate for our national youth literature. She loves working with students and using her knowledge of craft to encourage young people to tell their stories.
This Stays Between Us, 2025, Penguin Australia
Hometown Haunts, 2022, Wakefield Press
Short story anthology
Neverland, 2018, Penguin Random House Australia
Shortlisted for the 2015 Text Prize
