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A columnist, author and social commentator, Susan Maushart moved to Perth, Western Australia, from New York in 1985. Maushart achieved a PhD in Media Ecology from New York University, and was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Western Australia. She has written a weekly column for the Weekend Australian Magazine, and has regularly spoken on ABC Radio. Maushart has written four books which have been published in eight languages, and her essays and reviews have appeared in a host of international publications. Her first book was the award-winning Sort of a Place Like Home (1993), a history of the Moore River Settlement (which was later depicted in Philip Noyce's 2002 film classic, Rabbit-Proof Fence).

Her subsequent books, The Mask of Motherhood, was described by the Sunday Times of London as 'a feminist classic' and Wifework: What Marriage Really Means for Women went on to start arguments in seven languages. What Women Want Next, looked at the question of feminine fulfilment in a post-feminist world and has been published in Australia, the US and Brazil.