JANET DENEEFE

UWRF DIRECTOR AND AUTHOR OF BALI – THE FOOD OF MY ISLAND HOME (2011).

RAMONA KOVAL

BROADCASTER AND AUTHOR OF BY THE BOOK – A READER’S GUIDE TO LIFE.

ANDREA HIRATA

INDONESIAN AUTHOR OF THE RAINBOW TROOPS.

RUBY J. MURRAY

MELBOURNE NOVELIST, AUTHOR OF RUNNING DOGS.

JOSÉ RAMOS HORTA

CURRENT PRESIDENT OF TIMOR LESTE AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER.

THOMAS KENEALLY

PROLIFIC SYDNEY NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT & ESSAYIST MOST RECENTLY OF FANTASTIC HEART

ROMY ASH

MELBOURNE WRITER, AUTHOR OF FLOUNDERING.

LIONEL SHRIVER

AMERICAN-BORN BRITISH JOURNALIST AND NOVELIST, AUTHOR OF BIG BROTHER: A NOVEL.

RICHARD FLANAGAN

TASMANIAN NOVELIST, AUTHOR OF THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING, WANTING AND THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH.

MARK HENSHAW

CANBERRA NOVELIST, AUTHOR OF THE SNOW KIMONO AND CAUGHT IN THE LINE OF FIRE.

FRANK MOORHOUSE

SYDNEY NOVELIST, ESSAYIST AND JOURNALIST, AUTHOR OF THE CELEBRATED EDITH TRILOGY – GRAND DAYS, DARK PALACE AND COLD LIGHT

HANNAH KENT

ADELAIDE NOVELIST, NOW LIVING IN MELBOURNE, AUTHOR OF BURIAL RITES AND THE GOOD PEOPLE.

HANNIE RAYSON

MELBOURNE AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT.

MICHAEL CATHCART

MELBOURNE HISTORIAN, JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER.

FAVEL PARRETT

MELBOURNE-BASED WRITER, AUTHOR OF PAST THE SHALLOWS, AND CO-JUDGE OF THE INAUGURAL MUD LITERARY AWARD.

EMILY BITTO

SYDNEY-BASED AUTHOR OF THE STRAYS.

SOFIE LAGUNA

MELBOURNE-BASED AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN

LAURA KROETSCH

ADELAIDE WRITERS’ WEEK DIRECTOR 2011-2018.

ROLF DE HEER

AUSTRALIAN FILM DIRECTOR AND WRITER.

ELEANOR LIMPRECHT

SYDNEY-BASED AUTHOR OF WHAT WAS LEFT.

CRAIG MUNRO

LEADING AUSTRALIAN LITERARY EDITOR AND AUTHOR.

MICHAEL ROBOTHAM

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SYDNEY CRIME AUTHOR.

ASHLEIGH WILSON

BIOGRAPHER AND WALKLEY AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST.

RICHARD FIDLER

ABC BROADCASTER AND AUTHOR

CHARLOTTE WOOD

PROVOCATIVE SYDNEY-BASED NOVELLIST.

ELLEN VAN NEERVEN

CELEBRATED INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR AND POET.

KATE GRENVILLE

AWARD-WINNING SYDNEY AUTHOR

ANDREW BOVELL

SA-BASED SCREENPLAY WRITER.

LUCY TRELOAR

AUTHOR OF ACCLAIMED NOVEL SALT CREEK.

ROBERT DESSAIX

AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST, ESSAYIST AND JOURNALIST.

KATE COLE-ADAMS

MELBOURNE WRITER AND JOURNALIST.

SARAH SCHMIDT

WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL MUD LITERARY PRIZE, FOR HER DEBUT NOVEL SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE.

GAIL JONES

SYDNEY-BASED NOVELIST AND ACADEMIC.

JESSIE COLE

AUTHOR OF DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN AND DEEPER WATER.

MARKUS ZUSAK

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK THIEF AND BRIDGE OF CLAY.

TIM JARVIS

AUTHOR OF CHASING SHACKLETON AND MAWSON: LIFE AND DEATH IN ANTARCTICA

TRENT DALTON

WINNER OF THE 2019 MUD LITERARY PRIZE WITH BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE

JOCK SERONG

AUTHOR OF ON THE JAVA RIDGE AND PRESERVATION.

TARA JUNE WINCH

AUTHOR OF SWALLOWING THE AIR AND WINCH

ROBBIE ARNOTT

AUTHOR OF FLAMES

RICHARD GLOVER

AUTHOR OF THE LAND BEFORE AVOCADO

SIENNA BROWN

WINNER OF THE 2020 MUD LITERARY PRIZE WITH MASTER OF MY FATE

CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS

AUTHOR OF DAMASCUS AND THE SLAP

PIP WILLIAMS

WINNER OF THE 2021 MUD LITERARY PRIZE WITH THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS

DIANA REID

WINNER OF THE 2022 MUD LITERARY PRIZE WITH LOVE & VIRTUE

KYLIE NEEDHAM

WINNER OF THE 2024 MUD LITERARY PRIZE WITH GIRL IN THE PINK DRESS

 

Kylie will appear at the mid-year MUD cocktail event in Adelaide.

DOMINIC AMERENA

AUSTRALIAN WRITER. WINNER OF THE 2026 MUD LITERARY PRIZE WITH HIS DEBUT NOVEL: I WANT EVERYTHING

TRACEY LIEN

BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY WAS THE 2023 WINNER OF THE MUD LITERARY PRIZE WITH HER BOOK: ALL THAT’S LEFT UNSAID

CAMERON STEWART

ACTOR, POET AND WRITER. HIS DEBUT FICTION WHY DO HORSES RUN WON THE 2025 MUD LITERARY PRIZE.