Hello reader! My name is Shelby Matheson and I'm an Australian author of many genres, currently publishing middle grade and YA.

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My debut novel, Elsewhere, is the first in a middle-grade fantasy trilogy published by Wombat Books.

It features a mysterious school in the woods, a formidable headmistress, and a sentient forest that grants magical powers to lost children.

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I am a member of the Rhiza Shorts writing group, run by Rhiza Press, producing accessible novellas for teen readers. My first novella releases 2027.