Mary-Anne Frost is a writer of fairytales and fantasy stories. She was born in a small town in Croatia famous for fairytales and white storks. Raised in the family of maternal oral storytellers, she grew up surrounded with Slavic myths and fairytales. Mary-Anne was first educated as a storyteller by creating an imaginative fictional world and characters with her older brother Darko, watching Disney cartoons and playing a famous computer game ‘Heroes of Might and Magic III’ thanks to her dear uncle Bogdan. Years later, Mary-Anne studied English and Cultural Studies and History. Focusing on Shakespeare’s film adaptations, she discovered her passion for creative retellings. Mary-Anne learnt about writing craft by completing writing courses at Australian Writers Centre. She has performed as oral storyteller at Perth Festival in 2025. Currently, Mary-Anne lives in a quiet suburbia in Western Australia and writes in silence, solitude and stillness with her feline baby Felix.