Brenda Walker
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Dr Brenda Walker was born in Grafton, New South Wales in 1957. She studied at the University of New England in Armidale and, after gaining a PhD in English (on the work of Samuel Beckett) at the Australian National University, she moved to Perth in 1984. She is now Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia.
Her first novel, Crush, published in 1991 won the 1990 T.A.G. Hungerford Award for fiction and was short-listed for the Western Australian Premier's Award. Her novel, The Wing of Night, was shortlisted for the 2006 Miles Franklin Award, and won the Nita Kibble Literary Award in the same year.
Brenda Walker is the sister of legendary songwriter and musician Don Walker, of Cold Chisel fame.
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[edit] Awards
| Miles Franklin Award | The Wing of Night, 2006 shortlisted |
| Nita Kibble Literary Award | The Wing of Night, 2006 winner |
| T.A.G. Hungerford Award | Crush, 1990 |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Crush, 1991 shortlisted; One More River, 1993 shortlisted; Poe's Cat, 1999 shortlisted; |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Award | Poe's Cat, 1999 shortlisted; The Wing of Night, 2006 shortlisted |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Poe's Cat, 1999 shortlisted |
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
- Crush (1991)
- One More River (1993)
- Poe's Cat (1999)
- The Long Clear Night (2002)
- The Wing of Night (2006)
