Emily Maguire

Emily Maguire is the author of three non-fiction books and seven novels, including the Stella Prize– and Miles Franklin Literary Award–shortlisted An Isolated Incident. Her most recent novel, Rapture, was longlisted for the Stella Prize, shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award and the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and won the Queensland Literary Award Fiction Book of the Year. It also won People's Choice for both the ARA Historical Novel Prize and the NSW Literary Awards. Emily lives in Sydney where she works as a teacher and mentor to emerging writers.