Alan Fyfe is a maker of stories and poems who lives on unceded Noongar country. His first novel, T (Transit Lounge 2022), won listings in Australian and International manuscript awards and was listed for the West Australian Premier’s Award for an Emerging Writer. His first poetry collection, G-d, Sleep, and Chaos (Gazebo 2024), was awarded silver in The Flying Islands manuscript prize, commended in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, and won The West Australian Premier’s Award for Poetry as well as overall West Australian Book of the Year. The Cross Thieves is the second part of a trilogy centred around The Peel Region, which began with T and will conclude in his forthcoming work, The Nine Angles.