Rashida Murphy is a writer, poet, reviewer and blogger. She has published her short fiction and poetry in various international literary journals and anthologies, including the Westerly, Open Road Review and Veils Halos and Shackles . Her debut novel, The Historian’s Daughter was shortlisted in the Scottish Dundee International Book Prize in 2015 and is available now from UWA Publishing. In 2016 she was a guest editor at the Westerly and was on the editorial board at Cafe Dissensus from 2014 – 2018.
Her collection of short stories The Bonesetter’s Fee & Other Stories was published in January 2022 with Spineless Wonders and is shortlisted in the 2023 NSW Premier’s Book Awards.
Rashida has a Masters in English Literature and a PhD in Writing from Edith Cowan University. In 2016 she was the joint winner of the Magdalena Prize for feminist research for her thesis which includes the novel The Historian’s Daughter .
Australian Short Story Festival Inc – Celebrating short stories • Fremantle, 22nd – 24th November 2024
Peter Cowan Writers Centre | Perth Writing Groups
Australian Short Story Festival Inc – Celebrating short stories • Fremantle, 22nd – 24th November 2024