Lex Hirst is the Publishing Director at Sydney-based independent publishing house, Pantera Press. A publisher of award-winning, best-selling, culturally vital fiction and nonfiction, she is always on the lookout for big ideas, clear voices and brilliant storytelling. Lex previously commissioned titles at PRH and was on the SAMAG Committee. She is currently on the Board of the National Young Writers’ Festival, following on from her stint as an artistic co-director in 2014-15.