About Kirsty

About Kirsty

I am an Australian author of books for children and teenagers though my readership includes many adventurous adult readers. I write for young people because I believe they are the universal audience. Not everyone lives to a ripe old age but everyone was once a child and the child inside us never really disappears.

Since 1998, my published work has included nine novels, three works of non-fiction, two junior fiction titles and numerous articles and essays. My novels have won and been shortlisted for a number of awards including the WA Premier's Book Award, the NSW Premier's History Award, the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the Aurealis Fantasy and Science Fiction Award, and the WA Young Readers' Book Award. I have been a Creative Fellow of the State Library of Victoria and an Asialink Literature Resident at the University of Madras in South India.

In the past ten years, I've spoken to thousands of children and adults in libraries, schools and at literary festivals around the world about reading and writing. I am also an Ambassador for the Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge and a passionate advocate for books.

India Dark, released in August 2010, is my most recent novel. Based on a gripping true story and set in Australia, Southeast Asia and India in 1910, it is the fruit of many years of writing and research.

For more detailed biographical information, please refer to the FAQ page.

If you have an unusual question or just want to say hello email: kirsty@kirstymurray.com

© Kirsty Murray 2010
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