These local fantasy authors will be appearing at Springfest Ballarat to sell and sign their books.
All of their creative work is 100% made by humans.
JC Rycroft
Dragons, sapphic romance and a rich fantasy world you'll never want to leave
J.C. Rycroft's work draws on high and epic fantasy tropes, mixed with a dollop of queer romance, humour and wit, flawed but fabulous feminist heroes and diverse-in-all-the-ways characters, liberally sprinkled with philosophical concepts brought to life. They love bringing together the apparent contradictions: high theory and silly humour, profound political concerns with a rollicking good story, and ordinary people with unexpected demands to heroism.
Laura J Fitzwilson
Kangaroos and castles together at last!
Called “an irrefutably savage writer” by Self-Publishing Review, Laura (she/they) specialises in speculative fiction with a focus on people. Her debut novel, The Fool, was released in 2025 to positive commercial response.
She’s also a devoted reader and a prolific crafter, with a new hobby at least every 6 months. She’s queer, disabled and wouldn’t want to be anyone else. It is her life’s aspiration to write as fearlessly as the Fast and Furious writers do.
Laura E Goodin
Adventurous fantasy full of laughs
Laura E. Goodin is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, old-fashioned adventure, humour, plays, libretti, poetry, and academic research. Her work has been published and/or performed on three continents, and plenty more projects are in the works.
Her latest novel is Mud and Glass, which combines riotous adventure, a fond satire of academic life, and a stirring manifesto of resistance against a nascent totalitarian regime.