Sydney author, Hemat Malak, loved writing poetry as a child. It was not until she experienced the frustrations of an adult life gone wrong, and the blessings that came to turn that around, that she wrote again. Her first two books were collections of angel messages written from 2011 when, after finding herself alone with two young children (the youngest with additional needs), she embarked on a search for answers that led to a beautiful connection with angels. She felt moved to share the guidance she received, and those books, Your Angels Called and Left a Message and Make Mine Divine, both won finalist positions in international awards in 2013 and 2014, and are still available today.

In 2024 Hemat returned to her first love of poetry and writes to give voice to life’s frustrations and her own search for meaning. A Pushcart and Best New Poets nominee, she has been shortlisted for the ACU Prize for Poetry and the Robert Gray Prize for Poetry, and long listed for the Liquid Amber Poetry Prize. She has judged local writing competitions, and been a local winner of the WestWords Living Stories competition, and the Fisher’s Ghost competition. Hemat's poems have appeared in places including Rattle, Rochford Street Review, Catchment Literary Journal, Locative Magazine, Short Stories Unlimited and anthologies from WestWords and WA Poets. Hemat’s first collection of poetry will be published with 5 Islands Press in 2026.