Dr Anita Heiss is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales and is one of Australia’s most prolific and well-known Indigenous authors. Her writing has earned her many awards and she is regularly invited to present her works both nationally and internationally.
Anita Heiss / Author biography
Heiss has published non-fiction, historical fiction, chicklit, poetry, and social commentary. She has performed/presented her works nationally and internationally and she has also been published widely in journals, anthologies and on-line. Heiss is a regular guest at writers' festivals and travels internationally performing her work and lecturing on Indigenous Studies.
Information / http://www.anitaheiss.com
In 2007 Heiss released three titles: Not Meeting Mr Right (which won the Deadlly Award for Most Outstanding Achievement in Literature), a poetry collection I’m not racist, but…, (winner of the Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry) and the children’s novel Yirra and her deadly dog Demon.. Her other published works include the historical novel Who Am I? The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937, the poetry collection Token Koori, satirical social commentary Sacred Cows, non-fiction text Dhuuluu-Yala (To Talk Straight) – Publishing Aboriginal Literature, and a children’s book entitled Me and My Mum.
