Lorelei Vashti is a writer and editor. She is a co-curator of the popular Women of Letters series, and her projects include a baby surname handbook to help new parents choose their child’s last name, and a podcast about names. She also manages a guesthouse and artist’s retreat in the Dandenong Ranges called Jacky Winter Gardens. Her book, Dress Memory: A Memoir of my Twenties in Dresses, was published in 2014.