Esme Wilmot
Esme is a metallurgist and writer of speculative and contemporary fiction. Her favourite genres include thriller, mystery, horror and comedy (on the latter, the darker, the better).
Esme was selected to participate in the 2019 KSP 1st Edition Retreat, the 2020 Four Centres Emerging Writers Program, a 2020 KSP Fellowship and the 2021 ASA Award Mentorship Program for Writers and Illustrators. Her work has appeared in the Underground Writers Zine, Spillwords, Short Édition, Night Parrot Press’s Three Can Keep a Secret anthology and KSP’s Deceased Estates and Duet anthologies. She was shortlisted for the 2023 Love to Read Local Flashscapes! Competition and the 2023 and 2024 KSP Spooky Story Competitions. Her first novel-length thriller manuscript was shortlisted for the 2024 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize before being acquired in a 2-book deal with Lake Union Publishing. Parallel is slated for publication in 2027.
When she isn’t reading and writing, Esme does hip-hop dancing, travels with her family, and looks after her two children and garden in Perth, Western Australia. She has been known to take notes (for story ideas) during parties and dinner engagements and can sometimes be found combing flea markets for unexpected treasure.
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