Our Authors
Below is a list of our South Australian authors who are SA Writers Centre members. You can find out more about them and check out their latest work by clicking on the link.
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Caroline Reid
Mentorship areas: poetry, spoken word, short fiction, theatre, experimental Caroline Reid is an award-winning writer who works in multiple mediums and regularly performs her work. Her plays have been performed in international festivals, broadcast and published (Prayer to an Iron God, Currency Press 2010). Siarad, her debut collection of poetry and prose, was published in […]
Find out more about Caroline ReidCecelia Hopkins (Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer)
Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer is the hyphenation of Cecelia’s birth and former married name. Cecelia writes poetry, fiction and literary criticism. Her MA project focused on H.P. Lovecraft while her M. Lett project investigated fairy tale motifs in 19th-Century literature. Cecelia has contributed to a number of anthologies and journals with various presses as well as releasing […]
Find out more about Cecelia HopkinsCharlie Archbold
Charlie is an educator and writer. Her debut YA novel, Mallee Boys(2017), was a 2018 CBCA Honour book. Indigo Owl(2020) is a fast paced speculative fiction adventure. The Sugar Cane Kids and the Red Bottomed Boat, was shortlist for the Text Prize and will be out June 2022. Charlie is comfortable and skilled presenting for […]
Find out more about Charlie ArchboldCheryl Adnams
Cheryl Adnams lives in Adelaide, South Australia. After discovering a love of writing in high school, she went on to complete courses in screenplay writing and a Diploma of Freelance Travel Writing and Photography.
Find out more about Cheryl AdnamsChristina Soong
Christina is an award-winning writer. She was co-editor of Adelaide university’s student newspaper, On Dit, in 1996. Afterwards, she worked in London, Leeds, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Shanghai in senior marketing/management roles and freelanced for magazines. Whilst on maternity leave, she started an award-winning food & travel blog, The Hungry Australian. See https://www.christinasoong.com/writing
Find out more about Christina SoongChristine Bailey
Chris has worked for the South Australia Department for Education for 40 years, teaching students from pre-school to Year 12 and designing and facilitating professional development in oracy, language and literacy. Her teaching experience overseas as well as involvement in Cambridge University-Education Faculty’s research into dialogic teaching and the development of teacher resources have informed […]
Find out more about Christine BaileyDavid Mortimer
David Mortimer writes poetry to speak aloud and carry in the mind. His collection Magic Logic (Puncher & Wattmann 2012) is called ‘a delightful book’ by Judith Beveridge, who commends ‘the sense of wonder’, ‘the imaginative play’ and ‘the vigour of the syntax’. Steve Evans talks of the ‘spacious and musical poems in this […]
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PoetryDon Sinnott
Engineer, academic, senior defence science policy official, company CEO, Board member and chair… Not exactly a typical career path for a writer but it’s given me a wealth of experience and material to draw on for biographies and historical fiction. Published work includes a ghost-written memoire of a Sudanese refugee and a dual biography of […]
Find out more about Don SinnottEddy Pengelly
Eddy grew up in Adelaide. He is a self-published author, and the second researcher to investigate the claim that physical proof of Evidence of Time Travel Back to the Past has been Found in many Ancient Texts. Conducting comprehensive research since 2003, Eddy confirmed this claim, and now presents his own findings in 21 Books […]
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Non-fictionElizabeth Stevens
Writer. Reader. Perpetual student. Nerd. I am a full-time writer and PhD candidate (in YA Indie Book Marketing) with 30+ published books and a passion for all things storytelling. I’ve placed in the Readers’ Favorite Book Awards twice (one a Silver medal). I am an avid fan of British comedy and superheroes. I live in […]
Find out more about Elizabeth StevensElle Croft
Elle is the author of four psychological thrillers, which have been published in multiple languages worldwide. Her debut, The Guilty Wife, was a top 10 Kindle bestseller. Her short story, featured in the crime anthology Afraid of the Light, was shortlisted for a prestigious Dagger Award. She recently moved back to Adelaide, her hometown, after […]
Find out more about Elle CroftEstelle Woods
Estelle’ Woods is a perpetual student of all forms of healing, spirituality, and self-development. Barely out of her teens she married the love of her life and immigrated to Australia. She obtained as nursing degree, post-graduate qualifications in self-management and various complementary modalities. Estelle’ has dedicated her life to helping others to find their truth […]
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Speaking EngagementsGeoffrey Robert Aitken
Geoffrey Aitken is an awarded poet. UK, US, CAN, CN & Fr. Notably ‘Aesthetica Mag’, ‘Stepaway Mag’ [UK], ‘Radon Jnl’ [US]. 2023, ‘Impspired’ [UK], ‘The Closed Eye Open’ [US]; ’22, ‘Social Alternatives’, & ‘The Canberra Times’ [AUS]. MS ‘fresh soundings’ long-listed “Flying Islands Poetry Prize”. Nominated for the annual Best of the Net’. His poetry […]
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PoetryGill D. Anderson
Gill was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and immigrated to Adelaide, South Australia in 2004 with her husband and two daughters. Gill has a Social Work background and currently works in a corporate role in the field of Child Protection. Gill has a background in managing and understanding trauma, violence and sexual assault which are prominent […]
Find out more about Gill D. AndersonGillian Rubenstein
Gillian has won the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year twice, for Beyond The Labyrinth and Foxspell, and has had several books listed as Honour Books in the same awards, as well as many shortlistings for these and other awards. She has won the Festival Award twice (for Space Demons and Beyond the Labyrinth), the New South Wales Premier’s Award for […]
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