Monica Raszewski is Melbourne-based novelist and playwright. Her first novel, The Archaeology of a Dream City, was published in 2021 by Balestier Press(U.K.) and was shortlisted in the NSW Premiers’ Literary Awards (New Writing) in 2022. Monica has had short stories published in literary journals including Overland, Meanjin and Southerly and several plays produced in Melbourne and in Sydney. Her radio plays, Forest and Ghost Words, were produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and broadcast nationally.