Marisa Wikramanayake plays with words for a living as a writer, editor and journalist. Science Network WA pays her to talk to fascinating scientists, prior to which she penned a four year long weekly column about politics, popular culture and life in Perth for The Sunday Leader newspaper. She occasionally gets to listen to and write about the latest independent music but she constantly plays games, takes photos and writes about books she has read. When she isn't working, she's - well - working: on her novel Sedition. She also runs the How to write a book group on Emergen.