Julie Janson

Julie is a Burruberongal woman of the Darug Aboriginal nation NSW. She is a novelist, playwright, and poet. While living in remote Northern Territory in Yolngu communities in her early years as a teacher, Julie wrote plays and made giant puppets, masks and costumes with Yolngu students. Her career as a playwright resulted in ten productions at various theatres such as Belvoir St Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre and Sydney Opera House Studio. Black Mary and Gunjies were published by Aboriginal Studies Press. Her plays have been produced in Arizona, USA and Makassar, Indonesia.
Her Indigenous crime novel Madukka the River Serpent was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Davitt Award. Benevolence, a historical novel was shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award and longlisted for the NIB Literary Award and the Voss Literary Prize. Compassion is a sequel to Benevolence.