Tahney is an Australian writer from the Murray River near Pomberuk (lands of the Ngarrindjeri people) now living in a tiny, art-filled Paris apartment with her bunny, Enzo. She holds a First Class Master of Art Curatorship from the University of Melbourne, along with other arts and marketing degrees from the University of Adelaide and Swinburne University. She is Art Editor at The Suburban Review and runs Compass North, a communication agency for the arts industry.