Kirsty Murray is a multi-award-winning author of more than 20 books for children and young adults. Based in Melbourne, she is passionate about Australian stories. Her work is published internationally and includes eleven novels as well as non-fiction, junior fiction, historical fiction, speculative fiction and picture books.
Kirsty’s work is widely studied in schools and universities. She has taught creative writing to thousands of writers of all ages in schools, universities and libraries around the world. Kirsty has been a Creative Fellow of the State Library of Victoria and an Asialink Literature Resident in South India. Kirsty is a Director on the board of the Australian Society of Authors and the Copyright Agency and is an advocate for readers and writers of all ages.
Every year, Kirsty teaches creative writing and shares the joy of reading with thousands of young people in libraries, schools and at literary festivals. Kirsty is a passionate advocate of books for readers of all ages.
