Rachel Fox McLeod
Award-winning Author, Screenwriter & Creator
Coming 28 April 2026
Disgraceful
(2026)
“Sometimes bad decisions are the best ones you can make."
49-year-old Grace Miller is the ultimate good girl. Good wife, good mother, good role model. She’s had to be, she’s been married to a high-profile Christian Evangelist for nearly thirty years. When her seemingly-perfect marriage unexpectedly implodes very publicly, she realises she’s been on her best behaviour for decades—and she's had enough...
"A delicious read in every way. Hilarious, heartfelt, raw and real. I was captivated by Grace’s story and felt a real kinship from the get go. I think we can all relate to Grace in one way or another. And this needs to be a TV show!"
Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Actor, Singer and Author
"Full of raw honesty and heart, Disgraceful is a wild and dazzling debut. Fox McLeod has knocked it out of the park."
Emma Grey, international bestselling author of Pictures of You and Start at the End
"Balls-to-the-wall fearless, funny as hell, and all the feels. This book broke my heart then put it back together again. An unforgettable read."
Bianca Dye, Radio and TV Personality
"Disgraceful is a witty yet unflinching exploration of women’s sacrifice, desire, and the quiet violence of being a good girl."
Sommer Tothill, Writer and Feminist Commentator
“Whip smart, hilarious and brimming with intrigue. I devoured Dead Famous in one sitting!”
Emma Grey
Best-selling author of The Last Love Note and Pictures of You
Praise for Rachel
"In McLeod's Tryst, a first-person piece that won the 2011 Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize (as Rachael S. Morgan), we are taken into the tenderness and confusion of a rite-of-passage experience. McLeod's word-perfect story carries incendiary power, with each emotional shift balanced precisely. The bitter irony is a little like the enduring last line of Sherwood Anderson's haunting I Want to Know Why. McLeod leaves us with the ashen taste of a loss of innocence."
Christopher Bantick
The Australian
"Dead Famous is a side-splittingly witty rollercoaster ride through every woman's Hollywood daydreams. Kat Alley is who I want to be when I don't grow up!”
Nina D. Campbell
Author of Daughters of Eve
Upcoming Events
Check here for book launches, speaking engagements, workshops and other appearances.
Disgraceful Sydney Book Launch
In conversation with Pip Drysdale (Pip Knight)
Thursday 7th May - Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown, NSW
6.30pm - 8pm
Tickets $10 (incl. food and drink) - Option to add copy of book
Disgraceful Canberra Book Launch
In conversation with Emma Grey
Friday 8th May - The Book Cow, 47 Jardine St, Kingston, ACT
6pm
FREE but bookings essential
About Rachel Fox McLeod
Rachel Fox McLeod is an award-winning fiction writer and screenwriter. Her film and television credits include Wanted (Matchbox Pictures), Mako Mermaids (Disney/Netflix) andThe Bachelor. Rachel has previously been awarded the Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize and the Griffith Review Emerging Writers Prize. She likes tattoos, pop culture, the F word and cheese.
Not in that order… cheese always comes first.