Tony Birch

Tony Birch is the author of three novels--the bestselling The White Girl, which won the 2020 NSW New Premier's Literary Awards Indigenous Writer's Prize and was shortlisted for Australia's prestigious Miles Franklin Award; Ghost River, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award--as well the story collections Shadowboxing , which was Shortlisted for the 2006 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards...See more

Tony Birch is the author of three novels--the bestselling The White Girl, which won the 2020 NSW New Premier's Literary Awards Indigenous Writer's Prize and was shortlisted for Australia's prestigious Miles Franklin Award; Ghost River, which won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award--as well the story collections Shadowboxing , which was Shortlisted for the 2006 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards-Australian Short Story Collection, Father's Day, The Promise, and Common People. In 2017, he was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award. Birch is a frequent contributor to ABC local and national radio, a regular guest at writers' festivals, and a climate justice campaigner. He lives in Melbourne, Australia. See less