About the Author
Author photograph by Craig Peihopa
Stephanie Bishop’s first novel was The Singing, for which she was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelists. The Singing was also highly commended for the Kathleen Mitchell Award. The Other Side of the World is her second novel. It was shortlisted for the Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award under the title Dream England and was winner of the 2015 Readings Award for New Australian Fiction.
Stephanie’s essays and reviews have appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, the Australian, Sydney Review of Books, Australian Book Review, and the Sydney Morning Herald. She holds a PhD from Cambridge University and is currently a lecturer in creative writing at the University of New South Wales. She lives in Sydney.
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