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Martine Kropkowski is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based writer who has worked as a soldier, a journalist and an academic. Her research centres on deconstructed crime narratives, and her essays and short fiction have appeared in journals such as Griffith Review, The Conversation, Overland and Crackle Anthology

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Martine teaches professional and creative writing at The University of Queensland as well as in the community, and she is a regular speaker and in-conversation partner at literary events.

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Martine is the author of two novels: Everywhere We Look and Left Behind (forthcoming in October 2025), both published with Ultimo Press.

Picture by Tara Croser

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