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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2021 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships — Individuals and Groups
- 2019 recipient Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship
Awards for Works
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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
Ultimo
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Ultimo Press
,
2022
21620884
2022
single work
novel
'Cinnamon Gardens Nursing Home is nestled in the quiet suburb of Westgrove, Sydney – populated with residents with colourful histories, each with their own secrets, triumphs and failings. This is their safe place, an oasis of familiar delights – a beautiful garden, a busy kitchen and a bountiful recreation schedule.
'But this ordinary neighbourhood is not without its prejudices. The serenity of Cinnamon Gardens is threatened by malignant forces more interested in what makes this refuge different rather than embracing the calm companionship that makes this place home to so many. As those who challenge the residents’ existence make their stand against the nursing home with devastating consequences, our characters are forced to reckon with a country divided.
'Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens is about family and memory, community and race, but is ultimately a love letter to story-telling and the relationships we form through the stories we tell.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2023 winner Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2023 longlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover designed by Jessica Cruickshank.
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The Barrier
Sydney
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Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2017
13838026
2017
single work
novel
science fiction
'Twenty years ago an Ebola epidemic brought the world to the edge of oblivion.
'The West won the war, the East was isolated behind a wall, and a vaccine against Ebola was developed. Peace prevailed.
'Now Agent Noah Williams is being sent over the barrier to investigate a rogue scientist who risks releasing another plague. But why would a once-respected academic threaten the enforced vaccination program that ensures humans are no longer an endangered species?
'Hunting for answers amid shootouts, espionage and murder, Noah will have to confront a fundamental question:
'In the fight for survival, can our humanity survive too?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2018 finalist Norma K. Hemming Award — Long Work
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Song of the Sun God
Colombo
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Perera Hussein Publishing House
,
2017
13837859
2017
single work
novel
'In a time of upheaval, can Nala keep her family together?
'The capital city – a little boy watches a monk wrap himself in flames… A village in Jaffna – a little girl is bursting with life…
'Nala and Ranjan are on the brink of an exciting future. They will meet, marry and fall in love. They will set up house and have children. They will map out their future together, but destiny has other plans for them. Will they survive?
'The SONG OF THE SUN GOD is a deeply moving saga spanning three continents and three generations. Lush physical details and an emotional recounting of events as they relentlessly unfold, reveal a heart-wrenching story of family, love, laughter, sorrow and new beginnings.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2019 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
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