The Alchemist's Key

Traci Harding is one of Australia's best loved and most prolific authors. Her stories blend fantasy, fact, esoteric belief, time travel and quantum physics, into adventurous romps through history, alternative dimensions, universes and states of consciousness. She has published more than 20 bestselling books and been translated into several languages. The Dark Age, the first instalment in the Ancient Future series, became an Australian bestseller in its first month of release in 1996. Her latest book is Sorcha Vindicta (2026) a standalone prequel to The Ancient Future series.

Well-known in stage and screen, Richard Piper has worked for Malthouse and MTC in Melbourne, Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Belvoir and State Theatre Company of SA. Music theatre includes King Kong, Billy Elliot and The New Rocky Horror Show. Screen highlights include Wentworth, Australia on Trial - Myall Creek, Tangle, Underbelly: The Movie Files, City Homicide, Satisfaction, Blue Heelers, Crashburn, MDA, Stingers and Neighbours. Film credits include Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Mission Impossible and a Green Room Award for MTC’s The Daylight Atheist in 2004.