Vanessa Berry lives and works on Gadigal land. She is the author of four books, including Gentle and Fierce, a memoir about human and animal relationships, and the award-winning Mirror Sydney, about change, memory and the urban environment, based on the popular Mirror Sydney blog. Her work on memory, places and objects also includes the long-running autobiographical zine I am a Camera, and her zines and illustrations have been exhibited at major Australian galleries. She is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Sydney.