Lily Schubert is a Sydney-based writer, creator and speaker whose work spans personal essays, fashion and lifestyle, long-form media and public speaking.

Known for her emotional clarity, humour and strong visual sensibility, she is interested in identity, culture, relationships, grief, illness and what it means to build a new life.

At sixteen, Lily became seriously unwell with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and related conditions, ultimately spending six years largely bedbound. As her health began to improve, she started documenting her return to the world online. Her storytelling reached millions of people and built a predominantly Australian audience drawn not only to an extraordinary experience, but to Lily’s ability to articulate the emotional realities around it.

Today, her work extends beyond illness. Through her Substack, good light, and her content across TikTok and Instagram, Lily writes and creates content centering around fashion, books, food, beauty, relationships, culture and the ordinary pleasures and complexities of being in the world. Her work often sits at the intersection of interior life and the external world: how identity, taste, attention and experience shape the lives we build.

Lily is also an Ambassador for Emerge Australia and continues to advocate for greater understanding of ME and chronic illness. Her media and speaking work has included It’s A Lot with Abbie Chatfield, Channel 7’s The Morning Show, and an address at Australian Parliament House.

Across writing, content and public appearances, Lily brings curiosity, wit and emotional precision to subjects that are often difficult to articulate. Her work is grounded in the belief that serious subjects can coexist with humour, beauty, style and a full engagement with everyday life.

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