Laura McPhee-Browne
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Laura McPhee-Browne | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Australian |
Laura McPhee-Browne is an Australian writer and social worker from Melbourne.[1] She has authored two novels – Cherry Beach (2020)[2] and Little Plum (2023)[3] – as well as many short stories and essays. Her essays have appeared in The Saturday Paper, Kill Your Darlings, Island, Meanjin and Overland.
In 2016, two of McPhee-Browne's short stories received high commendations: "The Surprise" in the inaugural Hope Prize awards[4] and "The Tallest Girl in the World" in the Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction.[1]
McPhee-Browne's first novel, Cherry Beach, won the 2021 UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing category of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.[5] It was also shortlisted for the Fiction prize at the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature in 2022.[6]
Beyond writing, McPhee-Browne is a social worker and perinatal counsellor, roles that helped the writing of her second novel, Little Plum.[7]
