Vanessa Berry is a writer who works with history, memory and archives. She is the author of three books, most recently Mirror Sydney, a collection of essays and hand-drawn maps that investigate the city's marginal places, undercurrents, and the changing urban landscape. It is based on the blog Mirror Sydney which she has been writing since 2012. Vanessa is also the author of two memoirs, Ninety9 and Strawberry Hills Forever, as well as the zine series I am a Camera. She is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Sydney.