Gender:
Male
Heritage:
Aboriginal
;
Aboriginal Kalkadoon
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2020 winner Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship for short-story collection 'The Dig'.
- 2018 runner-up Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers for 'Blood and Fire' and 'The Last Prime Minister'.
- 2016 shortlisted Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers For 'Tommy Norli'.
Awards for Works
-
y
Firelight
Melbourne
:
Text Publishing
,
2023
26233834
2023
selected work
short story
'An imprisoned man with strange visions writes letters to his sister.
'A controversial business tycoon leaves his daughter a mysterious inheritance.
'A child is haunted by a green man with a message about the origins of their planet.
'In this striking collection of stories, the award-winning John Morrissey investigates colonialism and identity without ever losing sight of his characters’ humanity. Brilliantly imagined and masterfully observed, Firelight marks the debut of a writer we will be reading for decades to come.'(Publication summary)
- 2024 winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
- 2024 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
- 2024 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Indigenous Writer's Prize
- 2023 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Best Collection
- 2024 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Indigenous Writing
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