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Anna is one of Australia’s most acclaimed and awarded writers. Her books Stasiland and All That I Am are prize-winning international bestsellers, translated into many languages. Wifedom, hailed as a ‘masterpiece’, has been chosen as a Notable Book of 2023 by the New York Times and a Book of the Year by The Times, The Economist, the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph (UK) and The Telegraph (UK).
Anna’s signature works tell true stories of courage, resistance, conscience and love, illuminating the human condition in times of tyranny and surveillance. She ‘explores the space between the conscience and the soul’ (Scotland on Sunday) and ‘uncovers everyday heroes buried by history’ (The Observer).
Anna’s books have received many prestigious awards, including the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) Prize for best non-fiction published in the English language for Stasiland, and Australia’s premier prize for fiction, the Miles Franklin, for All That I Am.
