Patricia Anderson is an author, former editor of the bi-monthly journal Australian Art Review and owner of the Crawford Gallery who has written six books: three biographies, two volumes on contemporary jewellery, and one on Australian art world follies called Art + Australia: Debates, Dollars & Delusions. She is member of the International Association of Art Critics and also the British Society of Jewellery Historians. She writes book reviews for The Australian, curates the Union, University & Schools Club’s art collection and is currently working on a new book called From Burial to Bling – A History of Jewellery from Prehistoric Times to the Present.