<p>Jeanell Buckley is a writer of short stories and novels in the area of speculative and historical fiction. She is the winner of the Vice-Chancellor&rsquo;s Commendation for Academic Excellence (Macquarie University) for her novel <em>Chalet Heat</em> and is currently working on a series of short stories set in Sydney. <em>Stretcher Bearer</em> was based on research into the diaries of&nbsp; Australian soldiers who fought in the First World War. In 2016 she was published in an anthology by Allen &amp; Unwin.</p>