Claire Halliday has been a freelance writer for 25 years. As an author, she has had five of her own non-fiction books published, including Things My Mother Taught Me and Things My Father Taught Me, featuring interviews with Australian identities exploring the impact of nature versus nurture.

She is currently working on a new book and accompanying podcast - a fascinating tale of a family whose father was accused of being involved in Australia's most iconic murder mystery - the 1966 disappearance of the Beaumont children.