Amber Creswell Bell is a Sydney-based arts, design and lifestyle writer, and curator. With a passion for art, Amber champions emerging and unrepresented artists, curating exhibitions both independently and in collaboration with well-established commercial galleries. She is currently the Director of Emerging Art for Michael Reid galleries. Australian Abstract is Amber's fifth book with Thames & Hudson. Her previous books include Clay (2016), A Painted Landscape (2018), the award-winning Still Life (2021) and Art Design Life, a monograph on artist Ken Done (also 2021).