Ambelin Kwaymullina (born 1975 in

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, Western Australia) is a

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novelist, illustrator, and assistant professor of law at the

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. She was born as the eldest of three children to Sally Morgan, an author and artist, and Paul Morgan, a teacher. She graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1998 with a Bachelor of Laws with honours. Kwaymullina's academic research focuses on both public law, and on

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and the law. Her works of fiction include both

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science fiction novels and children's picture books.

Bibliography

Academic

*"Indigenous Holistic Logic: Aspects, Consequences and Applications", (with Blaze Kwaymullina), ''Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues'', Volume 17, Number 2, June 2014.
Living Texts: A Perspective on Published Sources
, (with Blaze Kwaymullina, B and Lauren Butterly) ''Indigenous Research Methodologies and Indigenous Worldviews, International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies'', Vol 6, No. 1, 2013. *"Learning to Read the Signs: Law in an Indigenous Reality", (with Blaze Kwaymullina) ''Journal of Australian Studies'', Vol 34, Issue 2, 2010, pp. 195–208. *"Solid Rock, Sacred Ground: Cultural Vandalism in the Pilbara", (with Sally Morgan) ''Australian Feminist Law Journal'', Vol 26, 2007. *"Living Together in Country: Creation, terra nullius and 'the trouble with tradition'", in Young, Simon ''The Trouble with Tradition: Native Title and Cultural Change'', Federation Press, 2007. *"Bulldozing Stonehenge: Fighting for Cultural Heritage in the Wild Wild West", (with Sally Morgan and Blaze Kwaymullina) in ''Indigenous Law Bulletin'', Vol. 6, Issue 20, 2006, pp 6–9.

, in ''Indigenous Law Bulletin'', Vol. 6, Issue 11, 2005, pp 13–15. *"Tradeable Water Rights Implementation in Western Australia", (with R. Banyard) ''Environmental Law and Planning Journal'', Vol. 17, No. 4, 2000.

Non-fiction

* 'Growing up, Grow up, Grown-Ups', ''

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'',

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, Australia, 2018 *''Living on Stolen Land'', Magabala Books, Australia, 2020

Novels

The Tribe series

*'' The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf'', Walker Books, Australia, 2012. (Shortlisted for

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) *''The Disappearance of Ember Crow'', Walker Books, Australia, 2013. *''The Foretelling of Georgie Spider'' Walker Books, Australia, 2015.

Young adult fiction, co-authored with Ezekial Kwaymullina

*''Catching Teller Crow'', Allen & Unwin, 2018. (Winner, 2019

Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults The Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults, formerly known as the Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an enumeration of 25,000. Th ...

)

Picture books

*''

The Lost Girl ''The Lost Girl'' is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1920. It was awarded the 1920 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the fiction category. Lawrence started it shortly after writing ''Women in Love'', and worked on it only spora ...

'', Perth: Walker Books, 2014. *''How Frogmouth Found Her Home'', Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2010. *''Caterpillar and Butterfly'', Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2009. *''Crow and the Waterhole'', Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2007.

References

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