Tony Birch

Tony Birch is the author of three novels: the bestselling The White Girl, winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award; Ghost River, winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. He is also the author of Shadowboxing and three short-story collections, Father’s Day, The Promise and Common People. In 2017, he was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award for his contribution to Australian literature.