Gender:
Female
Heritage:
Aboriginal
;
Gugu Yimithirr
;
Aboriginal BirriGubba
;
Torres Strait Islander Erubam Le
;
Scottish
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2024 recipient The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund to travel to Japan to conduct research, experience immersive site visits and exhibitions, as well as attend a self-hosted writing residency to develop the final novel in the N’gian Chronicles, titled ‘The Upworlding’
- 2024 inaugural recipient Varuna Fellowships — FNAWN Varuna Fellowship for 'The Unwarping'.
Awards for Works
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y
The Upwelling
Sydney
:
Lothian
,
2022
24677646
2022
single work
novel
young adult
fantasy
'Kirra is having vivid dreams about terrible things - things that start to come true. When she goes for a surf on the same break that killed her older brother, she somehow slips into a time and place that's completely different - but eerily familiar.
'Tarni is the daughter of a renowned warrior, with a special gift. Somehow she can understand this visitor and her strange language, even when no-one else can.
'Narn is preparing for an important ritual but is distracted by the girl who arrives with the dolphins. Why has Kirra been sent to this place? Is her arrival part of an ancient prophecy, like some believe?
'When a shadow threatens all living things in the land, the three realise they have an important role to play, as do their newly discovered magical powers. Working together will be their only chance to save the world.' (Publication summary)
- 2023 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2023 longlisted HNSA Historical Novel Prize — Children and young adult
- 2023 shortlisted Readings Prizes — The Readings Young Adult Book Prize
- 2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
- 2023 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
- 2023 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
- 2023 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Indigenous Writing
- 2018 joint winner black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships as Lystra Bisschop.
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