Dr Jodi McAlister is a Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture at Deakin University. Her research interests include representations of love in popular culture and the operations of the popular fiction industry. She is also an author. Her young adult paranormal Valentine trilogy (2017-19) are published by Penguin, and she has two new books forthcoming in 2022: Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending (Wakefield) and Here For The Right Reasons (Simon & Schuster).