Our Authors

Below is a list of our South Australian authors who are SA Writers Centre members. You can find out more about them and check out their latest work by clicking on the link.

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Peter Mulraney

Peter Mulraney is a creative writer and thinker based in Adelaide, Australia.

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Philippa (Pip) Williams

Pip is the author of the novel, ‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’, and the memoir, ‘One Italian Summer’ – both published by Affirm Press.  Pip is also co-author of the book ‘Time Bomb: Work Rest and Play in Australia Today’. She has published travel articles, book reviews, flash fiction and poetry. Pip lives in the […]

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Phillip Kavanagh

Mentorship areas: playwriting; memoir; humour; adaptation Phillip Kavanagh is a playwright based in Adelaide. He completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Flinders University, as well as a Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art (Playwriting) at NIDA. Phillip has been awarded the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, Jill […]

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Portia Stanton-Noble (Portia Stanton-Noble)

Portia was born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, to Estonian parents who migrated to Australia after World War II. She has worked in the retail, telecommunications and real estate sectors. Over the years, she has edited and written articles and reviews for various university student newspapers and independent publications. She currently lives with her son […]

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Reece Pocock

Reece Pocock is an Australian crime and historical fiction writer with an Advanced Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing) from Adelaide College of Arts. He served in the army before embarking on a business career, afterwards he worked in finance before taking on a career as a novelist. Won first prize for his short story The […]

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Robert Moore

Robert Moore grew up on a hop and raspberry farm in New Norfolk, Tasmania and has taught in primary and secondary schools in Australia and the U. K.  He attended Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London in 1974 ‐1975 and has worked as a teacher, actor and community artist in South Australia […]

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Roger Monk

Many years in banking to bank secretary. University of S.A. specialising in organisational behaviour and psychological implications of business practices. Supervisor of masters and Ph.D. students. Many years overseas research and lecturing. Doctorate in organisational psychology. Fellow, Financial Services Institute of Aust’asia. Numerous academic papers. Three crime novels published.    

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Rommie Corso

Mentorship areas: self publishing; book marketing and business support; children’s books; nonfiction; book design Rommie is the Director of Hardshell Publishing and an experienced senior marketing consultant. She is a degree qualified visual communication specialist with over 20 years of professional experience with national design and publishing firms and Not for Profit PR and marketing […]

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Rosanne Hawke

Rosanne Hawke is a children’s author who lives near Kapunda. Her books include Taj and the Great Camel Trek, Marrying Ameera, The Keeper, Soraya the Storyteller and Yardil. Many of her books have been ‘notable’ or shortlisted in Australian awards. Across the Creek won the Cornish Holyer an Gof Award. Rosanne was a teacher and […]

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Royce Kurmelovs

Mentorship areas: nonfiction; freelancing; journalism Royce Kurmelovs is an Australian freelance journalist and author of The Death of Holden (2016), Rogue Nation (2017), Boom and Bust (2018) and Just Money (2020). His reporting has appeared in VICE, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, The BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera and others. He writes the fortnightly newsletter Raising […]

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Samantha Battams

Dr Samantha Battams is a non-fiction author and has published a true crime tale on a 19th C serial murderess (The Secret Art of Poisoning, 2019) and an upcoming book (with Les Parsons) on Pioneer Aviator Captain Harry Butler (The Red Devil, 2019). Samantha is also an Associate Professor in the field of public health […]

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Sarah Lambert (Sarah Jane Justice)

In spoken word, Sarah Jane Justice competed at the Sydney Opera House as national finalist in the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam and has presented twice at Adelaide Writer’s Week. Her poetry and fiction have been published by Capsule Stories, The Bombay Review, and Eerie River Publishing, to name a few. She has also written three […]

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Satish Gupta

Satish Gupta was born in India and educated in India, England and the United States. He has also lived in Europe. He now calls Adelaide, Australia, home. He has a doctorate and works in the field of environment and planning. His next novel ‘Land of the Lost Contentment’ is about the partition of India in […]

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Scott Zarcinas

Dr. Scott Zarcinas is the Director of DoctorZed Publishing (est. 2006) and founder of The Business of Writing School (est. 2015). He is the author of 8 books, including Samantha Honeycomb and Your Natural State of Being. As a publisher he has edited more than 40 books and overseen the publication of over 100 titles. […]

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Sean Williams

Number one New York Times-bestselling author, Sean Williams has been called ‘the premier Australian speculative fiction writer of the age’ for the diversity of his output, which spans fantasy, science fiction, horror and even the odd poem. He has published thirty-five novels and seventy-five short stories. These include works for adults (Philip K Dick Award-nominated Saturn Returns, Ditmar […]

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