Eda Gunaydin

Eda Gunaydin is a Turkish-Australian writer and researcher whose writing explores class, Western Sydney, intergenerational trauma and diaspora. 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 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards' Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year. She lives on Wangal land. edagunaydin.com