Drusilla Modjeska edited The Best Australian Essays 2006 and The Best Australian Essays 2007. She is one of Australia’s most acclaimed writers. Her books include Exiles at Home, Poppy, Sisters, The Orchard, Timepieces and Secrets, with Robert Dessaix and Amanda Lohrey. Stravinsky’s Lunch won the 1999 NSW Premier’s Prize for Non-fiction, the Nita B. Kibble Award and the Booksellers Choice Award.