Melissa Lucashenko is a Goorie author of Bundjalung and European heritage. Her first novel was published in 1997 and since then her work has received acclaim in many literary awards. Melissa's sixth novel, Too Much Lip, won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance. Her latest book is Edenglassie.
'Melissa Lucashenko demonstrates a powerful ear for an Australian idiom largely absent from contemporary Australian literature.' -1998 Dobbie Award Judge's comment 'Lucashenko can tackle the hard stuff in a way that makes you feel glad to be alive.' - Jenny Pausacker, Author