Moya Costello has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide, and a Master of Arts from Deakin University. She is currently Lecturer in Creative Writing at Southern Cross University in Lismore, and lives on the North Coast.

Costello has published two collections of short prose: Kites in Jakarta and Small ecstasies, and a novel, The Office as a Boat: A Chronicle. Her short prose and articles on food, wine, and culture are regularly published in leading Australian journals.