Michelle Montebello

MICHELLE MONTEBELLO is a writer from Sydney, Australia where she lives with her family.

She is the internationally bestselling author of The Quarantine Station, The Lost Letters of Playfair Street and The Forever Place.

Her books have won numerous accolades. The Quarantine Station won the 2023 International Book Excellence Award while The Lost Letters of Playfair Street won the 2020 ARRA Award for Favourite Historical Romance. The Forever Place was a 2022 ARRA and RWA RuBY Award finalist.

Michelle has been shortlisted three times for ARRA Australian Author of the Year.

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