Melissa Lucahsenko is an indigenous novelist who is optimistic about our children’s future.Melissa Lucashenko is an acclaimed Australian writer of Goorie (Aboriginal) and European heritage.  She was born in Brisbane in 1967. She’s been widely published as a novelist, essayist and short story writer, with occasional forays into the world of criminalised women through the ground-breaking organisation she helped establish in Brisbane, Sisters Inside. Her books have won or been shortlisted for many major awards.