Murray Middleton is a Melbourne-based writer who spent eight years working in the city's education system. His first collection of stories, When There's Nowhere Else to Run, won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award and was shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. He is also a winner of The Age Short Story Award. In 2016, Murray was named Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelist. He currently restrings tennis racquets for a living.