Dr Jodi McAlister is a Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture at Deakin University. Her research interests include representations of love in popular culture and the operations of the popular fiction industry. She is also an author: the Valentine series (2017-19) is published by Penguin; Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending (2022) by Wakefield Press; and Here For The Right Reasons (2022) and Can I Steal You For A Second? (2023) by Simon & Schuster.