Tara June Winch
Tara was born in 1983. She is a Wiradjuri woman. In 2004 she won the David Unaipon Award for Indigenous Writers, for her novel Swallow the Air (UQP). In 2006 she was awarded the Victorian Premiers Literary Award for Indigenous Writing, and also nominated for The Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction, The Queensland Premiers Literary Award for Short Story Collection and a Deadly Award. Her work has appeared in Best Australian Stories 2005. She has written and is currently writing for The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Bulletin and Good Reading Magazine. She lives outside of Sydney with her darling daughter Lila and their garden.