Sally Hepworth

Sally Hepworth is an Australian novelist from Melbourne, where she lives with her family. Before turning to writing she worked in event management and human resources, and her first novel, Love Like the French, was written while on maternity leave and published in Germany in 2014.

Her domestic suspense and family dramas include The Secrets of Midwives (2015), The Family Next Door (2018), The Mother-in-Law (2019), The Good Sister (2021), Darling Girls (2024) and Mad Mabel (2025). She has won the Davitt Award for Adult Novel (The Good Sister, 2021) and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel (Darling Girls, 2024; Mad Mabel, 2026).

Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and The Family Next Door was adapted for ABC television in 2025.