Dylin Hardcastle is an award winning author, artist, screenwriter and former Provost's Scholar at the University of Oxford. They are the author of Below Deck (Allen & Unwin, 2020), Breathing Under Water (Hachette, 2016) and Running Like China (Hachette, 2015). Their work has been published to critical acclaim in ten territories and translated into eight languages. They are the co-creator, co-writer and co-director of the series Cloudy River, which premiered at Mardi Gras Film Festival in 2020 and was later acquired by SBS On Demand. Dylin's forthcoming novel, A Language of Limbs is slated for publication in 2024 with Pan Macmillan. They have two television series in development with major production companies. As an artist, they have travelled to Antarctica, South America and Europe for artist residencies. They have also worked as a research assistant in World Literature at the University of Oxford.