Cassie Hamer (’93)

Growing up, Cassie Hamer was always the kid with her nose buried in a book. Fast forward twenty years or so and her love of words turned into a career in television journalism, where she covered stories with everyone from Miss Universe to the Prime Minister.

Then she had children, and seeing the enormity of the creativity within such tiny brains convinced her that she needed to start doing more with her own creative streak. So, she went back to uni, studied a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, and started writing fiction.

Cassie’s debut novel, After the Party, was an Australian bestseller and her second book, The End of Cuthbert Close, was published in 2020. Her third book, The Truth About Faking It, is now in stores.