Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin writer, whose debut young adult (YA) novel, The Boy From the Mish, has won multiple awards. With its release in 2021, he announced himself on the literary scene as a proud, queer Aboriginal man from New South Wales. Gary yarns with fellow YA writer, Lisa Fuller, about representation, and why it’s so important for young people to see themselves in works. As a relative newcomer to the industry, he also discusses his experiences within that, what it means to have his own voice out in the world, and why control over how we’re represented in literature is so important.