Edwina Preston is a Melbourne-based writer and musician. She is the author of a biography of Australian artist Howard Arkley, Not Just a Suburban Boy and the novels The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer and Bad Art Mother. Her writing and reviews have appeared in The Age, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, Heat, Island and Griffith Review.
Edwina has played in Melbourne bands ATOM, Harry Howard and the NDE and Duet. She has performed alongside Lydia Lunch, Mick Harvey, JP Shilo, Kid Congo, Bobby Gillespie and others, in Australia and overseas. She features on keyboards and vocals on the recording of Kid Congo and the NDE's Live in St Kilda, Red Records, 2022. Preston began her career as a spoken word artist and has most recently contributed her spoken word to David Bridie's It's Been A Long Time Since Our Last Correspondence.