Inga SimpsonInga Simpson began her career as a professional writer for the Australian government before earning a PhD in creative writing. Her novels Mr. Wigg, Where the Trees Were, The Last Woman in the World, and Willowman have earned a number of awards and hoors in Australia, including the BookPeople Adult Fiction Book of the Year. She was awarded the final Eric Rolls Prize for her nature writing and has obtained a second PhD, exploring the history of Australian nature writers; her own account of her love of Australian nature, Understory, was published in 2017. Simpson lives on the New South Wales southern coast, among trees. Read More Read Less