Tegan Bennett Daylight (born 1969, in

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) is an Australian writer of novels and short stories. She is best known as a fiction writer, teacher and critic, publishing both books of non-fiction and numerous short stories. She has also written several books for children and teenagers. She is the author of ''Bombora'' (1996), ''What Falls Away'' (2001) and ''Safety'' (2006). ''Bombora'' was short-listed for the

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and the Kathleen Mitchell Award. In 2002, she was named one of ''

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''’s “Best Young Australian Novelists”. Bennett Daylight's story collection ''Six Bedrooms'', was published by Vintage in 2015 and was shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize. Daylight also works as a Creative Writing lecturer at Western Sydney University. Having moved from Sydney, she now lives in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains with her husband Russell Daylight and their two children Alice and Patrick.

Publications

Novels

* ''Bombora'' (1996) published by

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* ''What Falls Away'' (2001) published by

* ''Safety'' (2006) published by

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Short stories

* ''Six Bedrooms'' (2015) published by Vintage Australia, an imprint of

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Essays

* ''The Details'' (2020) published by

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Australia

Awards and honours

* The Stella Interview - ''The Stella Price'' (2016) * The Stella Prize Shortlist (2016) * ''

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s Books of the Year (2015)

References

External links

www.teganbennettdaylight.com
- Author website
''Safety'' - Tegan Bennett Daylight - at Random House

''Bulletin Book Reviews review of Safety
1969 births Living people Australian women novelists 20th-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian novelists {{Australia-writer-stub