Brenda Walker (born 1957 in Grafton,

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) is an Australian writer. She studied at the University of New England in

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and, after gaining a PhD in English (on the work of Samuel Beckett) at the

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, she moved to

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in 1984. She is now a Winthrop Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the

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. She has been a visiting fellow at Stanford University and The University of Virginia. Brenda Walker is the sister of songwriter and musician Don Walker, and daughter of author Shirley Walker.

Awards

* 2011:

Nita Kibble Literary Award The Kibble Literary Awards comprise two awards—the Nita B Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female writer, and the Dobbie Literary Award, which is for a first published work by a female writer. The Awar ...

, winner for "Reading by Moonlight" * 2010: Victorian Premier's Awards, Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, winner for "Reading by Moonlight" * 2010: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted for "Reading by Moonlight" * 2007:

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, winner for ''The Wing of Night''Other Award Winners
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, winner for ''The Wing of Night'' * 2006: Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted for ''The Wing of Night'' * 2006: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize, shortlisted for ''The Wing of Night'' * 2006: Waverley Library Award for Literature, The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize: winner for ''The Wing of Night''Waverley Library Creates Award to Honour Buzo
/ref> * 2000: Victorian Premier's Literary Award, shortlisted for ''Poe's Cat'' * 2000: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize, Shortlisted for "Poe's Cat" * 1990: T. A. G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript, winner for ''Crush''

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Crush'' (1991) * ''One More River'' (1993) * ''Poe's Cat'' (1999) * ''The Wing of Night'' (2005)

Memoir

* ''Reading by Moonlight: How Books Saved a Life'' (2010)

Edited

* ''The Writer's Reader: A Guide to Writing Fiction and Poetry'' (2002)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Brenda 1957 births Living people Writers from New South Wales Australian women novelists