In 2017 Dr Kiera Lindsey was awarded an ARC DECRA for a project entitled 'Speculative Biography, Historical Craft and the Case of Adelaide Ironside'. She will complete this at UTS, reconstituting the scanty archive of Australian colonial artist Adelaide Ironside into a narrative-driven speculative biography before critically investigating this process in a series of publications, masterclasses and public workshops aimed at encouraging others intent upon recovering lost lives for general readers. In 2016 Kiera published a speculative biography entitled The Convict's Daughter: The Scandal that Shocked a Colony with Allen & Unwin which is now in its 6th print run. In 2017 Kiera was the on-camera historian for a four-part series on the HISTORY Channel. She is also a regular presenter on ABC's Radio National's Nightlife program.