Rhyll McMaster’s poetry was published in The Bulletin
while she was still a schoolgirl. Of her six books, Washing The Money
won the Victorian Premier’s Prize and the Grace Leven Prize. Flying
the Coop, New and Selected Poems was also awarded the Grace
Leven Prize. Chemical Bodies was published in 1997 by Brandl &
Schlesinger. On My Empty Feet was adapted as a radio play for the
ABC. Her poems have been broadcast on national radio and television. Feather
Man is McMaster’s first novel. She lives in Sydney.