AZ Pascoe is an Australian writer working on Gadigal land in Sydney’s southwest. She joined the Australian Army at 17 as a soldier before commissioning as an artillery officer and subsequently served as a Shadow UAS Troop Commander in Afghanista in 2013. As of 2021, she is studying towards a Master of Arts (Writing and Literature) degree and writing wherever possible. Passionate about language in all forms, she is aided (or hindered) by two cheeky little cat-muses in her creative pursuits: editing her first fantasy novel, writing a biography, and exploring ideas within short stories. Her work is inspired by the fragility of relationships, everything uniquely Australian and those subtle moments in life that are so vital, but so easily missed.