Tracey Slaughter is the author of acclaimed short fiction collection Deleted Scenes For Lovers (Victoria University Press, 2016). Her short stories have received numerous awards including two Katherine Mansfield Awards, and the international Bridport Prize 2014. Her latest work is a poetry collection entitled Conventional Weapons (VUP, 2019). She lives in New Zealand, where she teaches creative writing at Waikato University and edits the journal Mayhem.