Growing up in Tasmania, Madeleine D'Este now lives in inner-city Melbourne surrounded by books. After studying law (and never practising) and travelling the world, Madeleine now lives a double life, immersed in the corporate world by day and writing female-led speculative and mystery fiction by night. Madeleine hosts the weekly Dark Mysteries book review radio show/podcast on artdistrict-radio.com, as well as Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers.When not writing, Madeleine enjoys podcasts, knitting, forteana, indie films, kettle bells and likes her coffee as 'black as midnight on a moonless night'.