Edwina Preston

Edwina Preston is a Melbourne writer and musician. Her published books are the novels Sororicidal (Picador, 2026), Bad Art Mother (Wakefield Press, 2022), The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer (UQP, 2012), and a biography of artist Howard Arkley, Not Just a Suburban Boy (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002).

Preston is a regular contributor to the Conversation, and her writing and reviews have been published in the Guardian, Griffith Review, Heat, Island, The Age, SMH and Australian. Bad Art Mother was shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2023 and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2023.

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