In the Dark of Night (Raven UK) a chapter book for young readers was selected for the 2016/17 National Library Summer Reading Club. Her novel, Thrill Seekers, based on her brother’s battle with adolescent onset schizophrenia, was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Award for New Writing and has recently been released as a new imprint by Raven Books UK. Recent publications: The Breeding Season (2019)Ĭonsults on: general fiction, literary fiction, memoir, essays and children’s chapter booksĮdwina Shaw is a Brisbane writer of fiction, memoir and screenplays. Amanda works with writers to find and bring the heart of their stories to the page. It’s never predictable and always interesting.” Amanda’s grant writing and editing work has helped academics achieve more than $40mil in successful funding outcomes. The writing itself is often delicate and inward, but the book feels dark and roiling. Amanda’s science-meets-art debut novel The Breeding Season - according to a recent review in The Saturday Paper - “is full of sex and sexuality, animals and bodies. Her short fiction and nonfiction has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Overland, Griffith Review, The Guardian, and more, and her short story ‘Breeding Season’ won the 2017 Overland-Victoria University Short Story Prize. Consults on: literary fiction, short fiction, general fiction, personal essay, academic writing, science writing, grant applicationsĪmanda is a Brisbane-based biologist who began writing after a startling breast cancer diagnosis in 2008.
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