Brenda Walker

Brenda Walker was born in Grafton, New South Wales in 1957. 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 Associate Professor in English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia. She has been a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University.

Brenda Walker is the sister of songwriter and musician Don Walker.

Awards

2007: The Asher Award, winner for The Wing of Night^{[citation needed]}
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: Westfield/Waverley Library Award, shortlisted for The Wing of Night^{[citation needed]}
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
1999: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, shortlisted for Poe's Cat
1993: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, shortlisted for One More River
1991: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, shortlisted for Crush
1990: T. A. G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript, winner for Crush^[1]

with John A. HayKatharine Susanah Prichard: Centenary Essays (1983)
with David Brooks Poetry and Gender: Statements and Essays in Australian Women's Poetry and Poetics (1989)
with Delys Bird Elizabeth Jolley: New Critical Essays (1991)
Risks (1996)
The Writer's Reader: A Guide to Writing Fiction and Poetry (2002)