Eda Gunaydin

Eda Gunaydin is a Turkish–Australian essayist and researcher whose writing explores class, Western Sydney, intergenerational trauma and diaspora. She is the new Parramatta Laureate in Literature. She has been published widely in publications including Meanjin, HEAT, Sydney Review of Books, Cordite and others. Her debut essay collection Root & Branch: Essays on Inheritance won the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) Matt Richell Prize in 2023.