Kalinda Ashton

Kalinda Ashton is an Australian writer based in Melbourne. She holds a PhD in creative writing from RMIT University and has taught literature and creative writing at RMIT and Victoria University. Her first novel, The Danger Game, published by Sleepers in 2009, received a Betty Trask Award in 2012, and she was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s young novelists of the year. Her short stories have appeared in Meanjin, Overland and The Sleepers Almanac, and she has been an associate editor of Overland.

Timeline of Kalinda Ashton’s life

Works

• The Danger Game (2009)

Prizes

• The Danger Game — Betty Trask Prize and Awards 2012: Awards