Astrid Edwards

Astrid Edwards is a bibliophile. She hosts The Garret: Writers on Writing, judges literary prizes and teaches in the Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT University.

She has served on the boards of Melbourne Writers Festival and Writers Victoria, and was also a Member of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council.

Before embarking on a career devoted to storytelling, Astrid was a policy consultant. She specialised in climate and social policy, and to this day she is trying to figure out how stories can help to save the planet.