Penny lives in Melbourne, Australia with her family. Her first manuscript, ‘Validus’, was shortlisted in the 2025 Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize and an earlier version with the title 'Elite' was longlisted in the 2022 Page Turner Awards. Short fiction highlights include an honourable mention in the NYC midnight microfiction challenge for ‘Crossing the Wasteland’, (Jan 2023), ‘Post Life Trial’ longlisted in the AWC Furious Fiction competition (Oct 2021), short story ‘Fiction to Fact Technology Inc’, appearing in AntipodeanSF (July 2021) and narrating it for radio (Dec 2021).
You can find her on Instagram or TikTok @pennyandrewswriter
