Penguin Books Australia

Kathleen Gandy grew up with a Cantonese mother and an extended family who loved cooking and sitting around a shared table. Combining a love of books with her obsession with food and cooking, Kathleen began her career as a food editor for cookbooks, then moved into magazines, including a stint as a food editor at Australian Gourmet Traveller, where she won a food-writing award in 2003. She now works in book publishing as a senior food editor, and is the proud mother of two young children.