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Latika Bourke is an Australian author and the chief political journalist for Fairfax newspapers.

Bourke was born on March 9, 1984, in Bihar to a 14-year-old mother who left her at a Catholic orphanage the next day. At eight months of age, she was adopted by married teachers living in Berowra in Sydney, and grew up in a family with five biological children and three adoptees.

Bourke became a radio presenter for 2UE, and won the Young Journalist of the Year Award at the 2010 Walkleys.

Sydney Writers' Festival