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Anna Spargo Ryan was born in Adelaide, Australia which she describes as ‘ the very best place to be born and means I will be forever plagued by nostalgia for terrible water, white sandy beaches, Balfour’s custard tarts and a boat called Popeye’.
She now she lives in Melbourne, writing about brains and love and people and family and food and creativity. Her short work has been published by The Guardian, The Big Issue, ELLE, Good Weekend, Meanjin, The Saturday Paper, The Lifted Brow, Overland, Kill Your Darlings, Daily Life, The Age, the ABC and many other places.
She’s the author of two novels: The Paper House and The Gulf, and a nonfiction book is forthcoming in 2022.She is also Nonfiction Editor for Island Magazine.
She was the inaugural winner of The Horne Prize for the essay “The Suicide Gene”, and in 2018 was supported by Creative Victoria as part of their Creators’ Fund.
She’s also a PhD candidate at Deakin University, writing about memory, time, mental illness and self-making.
Anna Spargo Ryan was born in Adelaide, Australia which she describes as ‘ the very best place to be born and means I will be forever plagued by nostalgia for terrible water, white sandy beaches, Balfour’s custard tarts and a boat called Popeye’.
She now she lives in Melbourne, writing about brains and love and people and family and food and creativity. Her short work has been published by The Guardian, The Big Issue, ELLE, Good Weekend, Meanjin, The Saturday Paper, The Lifted Brow, Overland, Kill Your Darlings, Daily Life, The Age, the ABC and many other places.
She’s the author of two novels: The Paper House and The Gulf, and a nonfiction book is forthcoming in 2022.She is also Nonfiction Editor for Island Magazine.
She was the inaugural winner of The Horne Prize for the essay “The Suicide Gene”, and in 2018 was supported by Creative Victoria as part of their Creators’ Fund.
She’s also a PhD candidate at Deakin University, writing about memory, time, mental illness and self-making.
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