Anita Heiss
About the author

Anita Heiss

Dr Anita Heiss is an award-winning author of non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction, children’s novels and blogs. She is a proud member of the Wiradjuri Nation of central New South Wales, an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, the GO Foundation and Worawa Aboriginal College. Anita is a board member of University of Queensland Press and Circa Contemporary Circus, and is a Professor of Communications at the University of Queensland. As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre in 2020, Anita began adapting her novel Tiddas (S&S, 2014) for the stage. Her novel Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms (S&S, 2016) set in Cowra during World War II, was the 2020 University of Canberra Book of the Year. Anita enjoys eating chocolate, running and being a 'creative disruptor'.

Books by Anita Heiss

Anita Heiss Articles

A Powerful True Story: Read Our Review of Bidhi Galing by Anita Heiss, Illustrated by Samantha Campbell

Review | Our Review

13 June 2023

A Powerful True Story: Read Our Review of Bidhi Galing by Anita Heiss, Illustrated by Samantha Campbell

Celebrating Stories, Cultures and Languages: Indigenous Literacy Day, Wednesday 7 September 2022

News | Events & Festivals

2 September 2022

Celebrating Stories, Cultures and Languages: Indigenous Literacy Day, Wednesday 7 September 2022

Podcast: Anita Heiss on the Aboriginal Heroes of the Gundagai Flood

Podcast

18 November 2021

Podcast: Anita Heiss on the Aboriginal Heroes of the Gundagai Flood