Lorelei Vashti is a writer and editor living in Melbourne. Her book Dress Memory: A Memoir of my Twenties in Dresses was published in 2014. Her latest project is a baby surname handbook.

She is a contributor to the popular ‘Women of Letters’ series, has written for and been profiled in many magazines, and used to write a television column for the Fairfax press.

She also manages a guesthouse and artist’s retreat in the Dandenong Ranges called Jacky Winter Gardens.