Dr Carmel Bendon is an academic, author and presenter on “all things medieval”. She has a PhD in Medieval Literature and a 1st Class Honours degree in Early English Literature, both from Macquarie University where she was a lecturer in English Literature and Medieval Studies. She is the author of many academic papers and books that include Mysticism and Space (CUA Press, 2008), the novel Grasping at Water (Odyssey Books, 2018) and the creative non-fiction The Mystics Who Came to Dinner (Orbis Books, 2022).