Kylie Fitzpatrick was born in Copenhagen to Australian parents, and grew up in Europe, the U.S. and Australia. She has worked as an actor in theatre and television and as a researcher on documentary films. She is currently based in Somerset, in the U.K. and works freelance as a script editor.

Kylie is currently developing her third novel "The Rajah Quilt", an historical novel and mystery about a group of women who are being transported, mainly for the pettiest of crimes, from London to Australia in 1840. During their one hundred days at sea in their vessel, the "Rajah", the women work together to create a quilt, using whatever spare fabrics and threads are available to tell the stories of their lives and their situations. The lives of the women are vibrant but often desperate, both before transportation and now, as they face separation from loved ones and an uncertain future.