Gabbie Stroud is a novelist and recovering teacher. After years of juggling the demands of the primary classroom, she made the painful decision to leave the profession she had loved. In 2016, her critical commentary of Australia’s education system was published in Griffith Review‘s Edition 51 Fixing the System, which went on to be shortlisted for a Walkley Award. Teacher, was shortlisted for Biography Book of the Year at the 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards. In 2020 her next book, Dear Parents, offered a passionate call to arms for all parents. Her debut novel for adults, The Things That Matter Most, was published to wide acclaim in 2023, and was longlisted for Best Debut Fiction at the Indie Book Awards.
The Angry Wives Club (Allen & Unwin Mar 2026) is her second novel for adults.
