Frances Whiting

Frances Whiting is the best selling author of the beloved coming-of-age novel, The Nocturnals (HarperCollins, 2026) shortlisted for the 2026 Queensland Literary Awards Book of the Year. Her two previous novels, The Best Kind of Beautiful and Walking on Trampolines, are also critically acclaimed best sellers. Frances is an award winning journalist, the recipient of the prestigious Clarions Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism in 2024, and a national, multi-award winning feature writer. In 2027 her weekly newspaper column will turn 30 year old, awarding Frances the title of Australia's longest running Sunday columnist.