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Karen Wyld Karen Wyld i(8488088 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Mardu/Martu
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BiographyHistory

'Karen Wyld is a freelance writer and author living on the coast south of Adelaide. Born in South Australia, her Grandmothers’ Country is in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. As a diasporic Aboriginal woman of Martu descent, she writes fiction and non-fiction that seeks to contextualise colonisation, displacement, the Stolen Generations, homecoming, resistance and rights. She’s currently a Masters candidate, exploring how magic realism is used to articulate time, belonging and Country in Aboriginal-authored text.' (Source : UWA Publishing website)

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 inaugural winner First Nations Writing Award
2017 shortlisted The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers For 'Where the Fruit Falls'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Where the Fruit Falls Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2020 19910013 2020 single work novel

'An ancient ocean roars under the red dirt. Hush. Be still for just a moment. Hear its thundering waves crashing on unseen shores.

'Spanning four generations, with a focus on the 1960s and 70s, an era of rapid social change and burgeoning Aboriginal rights, Where the Fruit Falls is a re-imagining of the epic Australian novel.

'Brigid Devlin, a young Aboriginal woman, and her twin daughters navigate a troubled nation of First Peoples, settlers and refugees – all determined to shape a future on stolen land. Leaving the sanctuary of her family’s apple orchard, Brigid sets off with no destination and a willy wagtail for company. As she moves through an everchanging landscape, Brigid unravels family secrets to recover what she’d lost – by facing the past, she finally accepts herself. Her twin daughters continue her journey with their own search for self-acceptance, truth and justice.' (Publication summary)

2021 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year
2021 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Prize for Indigenous Writing
2020 winner Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript
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