Rebecca Starford

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Rebecca Starford
Born Melbourne, Australia
Website
www.rebeccastarford.com

Rebecca Starford is an Australian author known for her memoir, Bad Behaviour . She is the co-founder of the literary journal Kill Your Darlings . Starford's debut novel, The Imitator, was published in 2021.

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Early life and education

Starford was born in Melbourne and grew up in Williamstown. She attended Williamstown Primary School. [1] As chronicled in her memoir, Starford lived in the bush for a year when she was 14 while attending an elite boarding school in Victoria. [2] [3]

Career

Starford co-founded the literary journal Kill Your Darlings with Hannah Kent. Kill Your Darlings' first edition was published in 2010. [4]

Starford's first book, a memoir titled, Bad Behaviour, was published in 2015 to generally favourable reviews. [5] [6] [7] Bad Behaviour was adapted into a miniseries of the same name in 2023, directed by Corrie Chen and starring Jana McKinnon as Starford's character. [2]

In 2021, Starford's first novel, The Imitator, was published by Allen & Unwin. [8] [9] The novel was published under the title, An Unlikely Spy, in the United States. [10]

Starford teaches at the University of Queensland. [4]

Personal life

Starford lives with her partner in Brisbane. [4]

Works

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