Autor/-in: A. S. Pavleka

After decades spent chasing criminals and piecing together cases as a legal eagle, in 2019, A. S. Pavleka did a U-turn and started chasing fossilsand piecing together Australia's prehistory instead. Now a volunteer fossil preparator and veteran of numerous dinosaur and megafauna digsin outback Queensland, she brings her knowledge and excitement about Australian palaeontology to Crossroads of Time. Already recognised nationally and internationally for her short stories, including as the winner of the 2024 Peter Carey Short Story Award, this is her debut novel. If you would like to know more, including when the next book in The Wollemi Series will be available, visit www. andreapavleka. com.