Alison Cotes has been an arts and theatre critic for 25 years. She founded The Matilda Awards in 1988 and serves on the judging panel. She writes for crikey.com's Daily Review. (Source : Australian Women's Book Review v 26 : no.1/2 2014)
She taught English Literature at the University of Queensland for 13 years, then started freelance writing with interests in literature, travel, the arts, and theology. (Source: Queensland Review, vol. 7, no. 2, pg. 109, 2000)