Kirsty Eagar’s childhood was split between the bush and the beach. After completing a masters degree in economics, she worked on trading desks in Sydney and London before changing careers, wanting a life where she could surf every day. She travelled around Australia for a couple of years, living out of a car, worked a variety of jobs and began writing fiction. Her debut novel, Raw Blue, won the 2010 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult fiction. Her second novel, Saltwater Vampires, was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Her third novel, Night Beach, was published by Penguin in May 2012, and has been shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards and a Gold Inky. 

Kirsty lives with her husband and two daughters on Sydney’s northern beaches.