Brenda Walker

Brenda Walker (born 1957 in Grafton, New South Wales) is an Australian writer. She studied at the University of New England in Armidale and, after gaining a PhD in English (on the work of Samuel Beckett) at the Australian National University, she moved to Perth in 1984. She is now a Winthrop Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia. 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, 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: Asher Award, winner for The Wing of Night
 * 2006: Nita Kibble Literary Award, 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
 * 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 * 1990: T. A. G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript, winner for Crush

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)