Phillipa McGuinness is the author of SKIN DEEP: THE INSIDE STORY OF OUR OUTER SELVES (Vintage 2022) and THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED-2001 (Vintage 2018). She has written for the Griffith Review, The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Weekend Australian Magazine, Inside Story and the Australian Women's Weekly. A former book publisher, she is currently the editor of Openbook, the magazine of the State Library of NSW.