Gig Ryan

Gig Ryan, born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan November 5, 1956, is an Australian poet. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award.

Biography
Ryan was born in Leicester, England in 1956. Her father was Australian surgeon Peter John Ryan.

She lived in Sydney 1978–1990, and later became poetry editor of The Age newspaper 1998–2016. She has also recorded her songs with the bands Disband and Driving Past. Her book Pure and Applied won the 1999 C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and Heroic Money was shortlisted for the 2002 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. New and Selected Poems was shortlisted for the 2012 Prime Minister's Award for Poetry and the 2012 ASAL award, and winner of the 2012 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and the 2011 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry.

Discography

 * "Six Goodbyes" Disband, Big Home Productions (1988)
 * "Church Fete" Driving Past, Chapter Music (1998)
 * "Real Estate" Driving Past, Chapter Music (1999)
 * "Travel" Driving Past, Jacana Records (2006)