She previously worked as a literary editor for the publisher McPhee Gribble and is a past judge of the Miles Franklin Award, an Australian award for fiction, and the Australian/Vogel Literary Award, an award for a work of fiction by a writer under 35 years.
The annual prize will be at least $35,000 but is likely to be around $42,000 to match the Miles Franklin Award.
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