Gillian Mears

Gillian Mears grew up in the northern New South Wales town of Grafton. Acclaim came early, with her short-story collections and novels winning major prizes. Her books include Ride a Cock Horse (1988), The Mint Lawn (1991) winner of the Australian/Vogel Literary Award, and The Grass Sister (1995). A Map of the Gardens (2002) won the 2003 Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award.

Her eagerly awaited third novel, Foal’s Bread, will be published by Allen & Unwin in 2011, followed by a children’s book, The Cat with the Coloured Tail, a wisdom cat fable for the 21st century. Gillian now lives and writes in the Adelaide Hills.