'To get the stories behind the stories of genre fiction, few would be better situated than the Australian author trio of Genre Worlds: Popular Fiction and Twenty-First-Century Book Culture. Kim Wilkins, professor at the University of Queensland, is a literary studies specialist; Beth Driscoll, associate professor at the University of Melbourne, specializes in publishing studies and book history research; and Lisa Fletcher, professor at the University of Melbourne, teaches creative writing and writes fantasy novels herself. In this book, the three explore the myriad ways in which industry knowledge and practice, social connection both in-person and online, and authorial taste and expertise all affect the creation of the books that actually get read.' (Introduction)
