About

Victoria Brookman is an author, advocate and academic. She lives with her family in the Blue Mountains, on Darug and Gundungurra Country. Her debut novel Burnt Out was published with HarperCollinsPublishers in 2022. Victoria worked for a number of years as a political staffer and was the Labor candidate for the seat of Bradfield in the Kevin 07 Federal Election. Victoria was one of the early founding members of Destroy the Joint, the founder and spokesperson of Lactivists Australia, and from 2012-15 she organised and emceed the Sydney International Women’s Day March. She studied English and creative writing at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University, and recently submitted her doctoral thesis at Western Sydney University. She enjoys writing, bushwalking, and watching cricket and the footy.