Name: Marinella Padula Title: Writer and Editor at Large for the Deck of Secrets Series

Alias(es): The One You Call When You Want to Know the Name of That Place, You Know the One on The Corner near The Thing.

Known associates: Lucida Bright, Perpetua Tilting, Franklin Gothic (definitely not Comic Sans) 

Regular haunts: Prahran Market, op-shop record sections.

Last sighted at: Loam, Drysdale, eating parsnip ice-cream. Not as strange as it sounds.

Current mission: trying to whittle down Brunch Guide selections to a reasonable number.

Other activities: Food columnist for The Leader Newspaper Group; author of the Herald-Sun Sunday Magazine’s Bar None column.

Quote: In the future, everyone will have 15 minutes of privacy.

Informants contact: marinella@deckofsecrets.com