About

Joanna Morrison lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and two sons. After a career in print journalism, Joanna completed a Creative Writing PhD in 2014. Since then, her short fiction has appeared in literary journals and anthologies around Australia and has been shortlisted or nominated for various prizes, including the Margaret River Press Short Story Competition and the Pushcart Prize. Her first novel, THE GHOST OF GRACIE FLYNN, was shortlisted for the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, while her second, THE WANTING DANCE, was shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Fiction Prize.

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