Emily Maguire’s first novel, Taming the Beast was nominated for the Dylan Thomas Prize and received a Special Commendation in the Kathleen Mitchell Awards.

She has since written three more fiction novels and the non-fiction hit Princesses and Pornstars: Sex, Power, Choice. A young adult edition will be released in April 2010 and is titled Your Skirt’s Too Short.

Emily lives in Sydney and frequently writes essays and articles for newspapers, magazines and journals. Her articles and essays on sex, religion and culture have been published in newspapers and journals including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Financial Review, The Age and the Observer.

In 2007, the Women’s Electoral Lobby awarded her the Edna Ryan Award (Media Category) for her writing about women’s issues.

About YOUR SKIRT’S TOO SHORT

After many waves of feminism, where are we? Are young women really either massive sluts or helpless dolls? And anyway, what’s the definition of a slut? Young women have a lot of questions.

In Your Skirt’s Too Short, a revised young adult edition of her book Princesses and Pornstars: Sex, Power, Choice, Emily Maguire ignites discussion on issues relevant to teenagers.

Drawing on her adolescence and the experiences faced by teens today, Maguire looks for answers and a way forward.

This personal and illuminating book is a bridge to enable young women and men to understand the issues behind them and those ahead of them.

Guided by the wisdom born of experiences, both good and bad, Maguire offers advice without lecturing in this engaging and frank book that will inform and equip readers of all ages.