Susan Varga has worked in film and video and briefly as a lawyer. Her first book, Heddy and Me (Bruce Simms, 1994) won the Christina Stead Award for non-fiction and was short-listed for several other awards. It was followed by the novel Happy Families (Hodder Headline, 1999), winner of the Vision Australia Talking Book of the Year and Braille Book of the Year. Then followed the non-fiction book Broometime (Hodder, 2001), co-authored with Anne Coombs. Her most recent novel was Headlong (UWA Press, 2009), which was short-listed for the Barbara Jefferis Award. Rupture (UWA Press, 2016) is her first book of poetry.
Pieces by Susan Varga
Sydney
Edition 44: Cultural Solutions
Opting out
Edition 17: Staying Alive
The gift of tongues
Edition 6: Our Global Face
