Penelope Swales is a songwriter, singer and musician based in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, Australia. Her album Monkey Comfort, released in 2003, spent two months at number 6 on the Australian Independent Blues and Roots charts. Her latest album, Skin: Deep - Polymorphous love songs, was released in August 2007. Swales was one of the featured entertainers at the Poly Pride Day in Central Park, New York City, on 6 October 2007.