Olivia De Zilva is the author of Plastic Budgie and Eggshell. Her work has been published in The Guardian, Westerly, Liminal, SBS, Cordite Poetry Review, Mascara Literary Review and Australian Poetry Journal, among others. Olivia graduated with a Master of Philosophy from the University of Queensland; her thesis explored the representation of Asian-diasporic identity in contemporary Australian publishing. She is based on Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide, Australia.