Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor (B.Arts; M.Teach; PhD) is a Gamilaroi/Kamilaroi academic and author who strives to hold community, joy and whimsy at the heart of their life – whether that’s online, in print, or at home on beautiful Awabakal Country. An occasional festival guest curator (Sydney Writer’s Festival, 2024; All About Women Festival, Sydney Opera House, 2023), and public speaker, Amy is best known for their engaging non-fiction work, including their acclaimed memoir Tell Me Again (2022, UQP) and TEDx talk Disruption is not a dirty word (2019). In 2027 their first work of middle-grade fiction Hallie and the Heart Stone, which Amy co-created with Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay storyteller Odee, will be published via Penguin Random House. Amy and Odee are thrilled that this will be a dual-language publication, allowing readers to journey with Hallie in both English and long-form Gamilaraay. Amy proudly identifies as neurodivergent (AUDHD) and queer, and preferences the pronouns they/them.
