EMILY MAGUIRE is the author of three novels and one work of non-fiction. Her novels have been translated into 12 languages and her articles, essays and reviews have been published widely.

Emily has been twice highly commended for the Kathleen Mitchell Award for writers under 30 and was a finalist for the 2006 Dylan Thomas Prize.

Emily has served as Writer in Residence at the Djerassi Artists Program in Northern California (2009), as an Asialink Literature Resident in Vietnam (2008) and as a Tasmanian Writers’ Centre resident in Hobart (2006). Emily has an MA in literature and has worked as a mentor to young and emerging writers. Her website (about her books and writing for grown-ups) is here.

The only thing she loves more than writing is reading.