Fiona Giles is an Australian scholar and feminist, currently teaching in the Deptartment of Media Studies and Communication at Sydney University. She is also a freelance writer recently published in The Bulletin; Meanjin; Australian Way; Australian Author; and HQ. She has regular media appearances on 'Beauty and the Beast' for Foxtel and Channel 10.
Fiona is the author of Chick For A Day, Dick For A Day, Melanie , From The Verandah and Too Far Everywhere: The Romantic Heroine in 19th Century Australia
She lives in Sydney with her partner and two sons.