
Emily St. John Mandel, the bestselling author of Station Eleven, discusses her new novel Exit Party – a mind-bending story of crime, love and loss that unfolds across space and time.

Kate Mildenhall
Kate Mildenhall is the author of four novels – Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect and The Hiding Place. The Hummingbird Effect was longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize and shortlisted for the 2024 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year. In 2024, she released a children’s book, To Stir With Love, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft, which was shortlisted for the 2025 Indie Book Awards, ABIA Children’s Book of the Year and Notable in CBCA Book Awards. For six years she co-hosted The First Time podcast, interviewing hundreds of writers.
Kate lives on Wurundjeri lands with her partner and two children.