Laura Jean McKay

Laura Jean McKay is an award-winning Australian author and creative writing lecturer. She is the author of The Animals in That Country (Scribe 2020) - winner of the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award, The Victorian Prize for Literature, the ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year, and co-winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2021. The Animals in That Country has been shortlisted for The Kitschies, The Stella Prize, The Readings Prize, and the ASL Gold Medal and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Laura is also the author of Holiday in Cambodia (Black Inc., 2013) and an Adjunct Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University. She was awarded the NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours in 2022. Her latest collection is Gunflower (Scribe 2023), named one of The Guardian’s best books of 2023.

Laura Jean McKay adalah penulis pemenang penghargaan asal Australia sekaligus dosen penulisan kreatif. Karyanya, The Animals in That Country (Scribe 2020), berhasil memenangkan Arthur C Clarke Award, Victorian Prize for Literature, ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year, dan Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2021. Karyanya yang lain, The Animals in That Country, masuk ke daftar pendek The Kitschies, The Stella Prize, The Readings Prize, ASL Gold Medal, serta daftar panjang The Miles Franklin Award. Ia juga merupakan penulis Holiday in Cambodia (Black Inc., 2013) dan dosen tamu untuk penulisan kreatif di Massey University. Ia dianugerahi NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honors pada tahun 2022. Koleksi terbarunya, Gunflower (Scribe 2023), dinobatkan sebagai salah satu buku terbaik The Guardian tahun 2023.