Multi-award-winning author Cate Kennedy has invited four fellow writers to join her on the couch. In the Greatest Story Never Told, authors will describe a story they would love to write, but never have, and their reasons.

Carmel Bird is a Tasmanian-born novelist who lives in central Victoria. She has written nine literary novels, six collections of short fiction, three books on the art of writing, and has edited many anthologies of essays and stories. Carmel is sought after as a teacher of fiction writing, and has spoken at major literary events throughout Australia and overseas.

Mark Dapin is an award-winning author and journalist who writes a weekly column for Good Weekend magazine in The Age. His books include the travel bestseller Strange Country, and King of the Cross, which won last year’s Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction.

Jarad Henry has worked in the criminal justice system for more than 10 years, including the past four as a strategy advisor for Victoria Police. Jarad has a degree in criminology, is a regular presenter at many conferences, forums and seminars on crime trends, and is considered an expert on the links between crime and drugs.

Shane Maloney is the creator of the popular Australian crime series — the Murray Whelan novels — for which he was presented with the Crime Writers’ Association of Australia Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction in 1997.