Lee McGowan is a researcher and writer at the Queensland University of Technology. His current funded project partners with Football Queensland and the State Library of Queensland to build a history of women's football. He has written football-related fiction and non-fiction for publications, including The Blizzard, The Conversation, Smith Journal, The Writing Platform and New Australian Writing. His football projects have featured on SBS News, Australian Story, the Courier-Mail and a number of ABC radio shows.