Pauline Yates

Pauline Yates is an award-winning horror and science fiction author from Australia. Her debut novel, Memories Don’t Lie, won the 2024 BookFest First Place Awards for YA Science Fiction, Sci-fi Genetic Engineering, and Sci-Fi Action & Adventure. She earned the 2024 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Novella with Shattered and has been shortlisted for the Australian Shadows Awards, including winner for Best Poetry. Yates’s work spans novels, novellas, short fiction, and poetry, often exploring themes of memory, identity, and the uncanny. Her collection, The Connections We Keep, has been praised for its chilling atmosphere and narrative innovation. Visit her website at www dot paulineyates dot com or find her on socials @midnightmuser1.