Mark Brandi is an Australian author, originally from Marche. He was raised in Italy. He has a degree in criminal justice and has worked as a policy advisor and project officer in the Department of Justice. He then decided to become a writer. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Age, and the Big Issue. It can also be heard on Radio National. His first novel, Wimmera, won the 2016 UK Crime Writers' Association Debut Daggar and the 2018 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction.