Children's literature can be the most subversive literary form.
Kirsty Murray
Author, Advocate for children's & YA literature
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsty-murray-9b45a649/
- http://kirstymurray.com/
- kirsty@kirstymurray.com
- +61428149087
Specialty Areas
Arts, Music, Literature, Education, Motivational Speaking, Youth
About Me
Kirsty Murray is a multi-award-winning author of books for children and young adults. Her work is published internationally and her eleven novels are widely studied in schools and universities. She has been a Creative Fellow of the State Library of Victoria, an Asialink Literature Resident in India and an ambassador for the Stella Prize in School’s program.
Kirsty has taught creative writing to thousands of people of all ages in libraries, institutions, schools and at literary festivals around the world. She has served on committees for many organisations including the State Library of Victoria and the Australia Council for the Arts. Kirsty co-edited the ground breaking Indian-Australian collaborative YA feminist anthology ‘Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean’.
Kirsty lives in Melbourne in a house full of books and spooky puppets.
Qualifications
25 years experience in children's & YA publishing20 published works
Graduate of RMIT's Professional Writing & Editing
2018 nominee for the prestigious Swedish prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for her contribution to young people’s literature
