Brooke Crawford is an emerging Australian author of uplifting contemporary fiction celebrating the joy and mess of love, friendship and modern-day life. Her first novel, Better than the Real Thing, was released in 2025 and her work has been recognised in writing competitions in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Brooke won the Romance Writers of Australia's Opal Award in 2024, has post-graduate qualifications in professional writing from Deakin University, and studied novel writing under the guidance of Australian author Josephine Moon. Having previously worked in public relations, creative account management, advertising and education, she now runs a successful copywriting business from her home in Melbourne, where she lives with her partner and their three children. You can find Brooke on Instagram at @brookecrawford_writer
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