'Ailsa Brackley du Bois is a Higher Education Publishing Consultant with The Editorial Suite. She recently completed her second Masters degree, this one in Writing and Literature at Deakin University. Her 50,000-word thesis is titled 'Lost Spaces of Popular Theatrical Entertainment, Ballarat Goldfields, Victoria, 1850s - 1870s'. Ailsa's earlier degrees include an MA in Journalism from the University of Technology Sydney, and a BA Hons. in Political History from Flinders University. Ailsa lives in Victoria's Central Highlands, with her teenage daughter and three rescue cats. She greatly enjoys researching and writing cultural and theatrical history.' (Australasian Drama Studies; 77)
