Brendan Ritchie

Brendan Ritchie is an award-winning novelist and academic from the south coast of Western Australia. He is the winner of the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for Eta Draconis (UWAP, 2023) and the author of novels including Carousel (Fremantle Press, 2015) and Beyond Carousel (Fremantle Press, 2016). Brendan has a PhD in Creative Writing and has also published poetry and non-fiction in several notable journals and collections. He lives on Wadandi land with his wife and two young daughters.