EXPLORING and examining the dark, fictional lives of ordinary families is what Melbourne-based author Kylie Orr does best.

“I was once asked at a library event by an 80-year-old woman what inspires me,” Ms Orr told The Guardian.

“I thought, ‘geez that is a hard question to answer’ because it is such a broad question, and the answer I came up with was ‘rage’ – rage inspires me.

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