Rebecca Starford is an Australian author known for her memoir, '' Bad Behaviour''. She is the co-founder of the literary journal '' Kill Your Darlings''. Starford's debut novel, ''The Imitator'', was published in 2021.

Early life and education

Starford was born in

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and grew up in Williamstown. She attended Williamstown Primary School. As chronicled in her memoir, Starford lived in the bush for a year when she was 14 while attending an elite boarding school in

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Career

Starford co-founded the literary journal '' Kill Your Darlings'' with

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. ''Kill Your Darlings''' first edition was published in 2010. Starford's first book, a memoir titled, ''Bad Behaviour'', was published in 2015 to generally favourable reviews. ''Bad Behaviour'' was adapted into a miniseries of the same name in 2023, directed by Corrie Chen and starring

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as Starford's character. In 2021, Starford's first novel, ''The Imitator'', was published by

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. The novel was published under the title, ''An Unlikely Spy'', in the United States. Starford teaches at the

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Personal life

Starford lives with her partner in

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Works

* '' Bad Behaviour: A Memoir of Bullying and Boarding School'' (2015) * ''The Imitator'' (2021, also published as ''An Unlikely Spy'')

References

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