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| Name | Emma Rennison |
| Bio | Emma Rennison is a British-Australian author with one bionic hip living in Melbourne. She originally fulfilled her need to write through a career in communications where she specialised in forestry and conservation issues. During this time she ran campaigns about rare birds, forest fires and – the most controversial of all subjects – dog poo. Enticed by her husband’s vow to get her a cat if she emigrated, she hung up her wellies to move from the UK to Melbourne in 2008. It took seven years to fulfil that promise, but in the meantime, she became mum to two beautiful children who are desperate for her to write something they are allowed to read. Her first published story, No Guts, No Glory, won the Editor’s Choice Award 2020 in the RWR Anthology – Short Stories of Science and Space. She was the runner up in The Jennifer Burbidge Prize 2021 with her short story The Date, and the Hunter Writers Centre featured The Game in the 2021 Newcastle Short Story Anthology. Emma has also had her first crime short story accepted for publication in the next RWR Anthology, coming out in 2022. |
| Genre | General Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Non Fiction |
| Why Do You Write? | It gives me such an enormous buzz, and I find that writing (and reading) connects me to others in such a wonderful way. |
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| If yes, where have you been published? | RWR's Short Stories of Science and Space, Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology 2021 and through the Jennifer Burbidge Award 2021 |
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| Link 3 | https://www.willylitfest.org.au/home/writing-prizes/jbss-2021-finalists/ |
| What are you currently working on? | I'm working on my first novel! I also always have a collection of short stories and memoir pieces I'm editing too. |
| What are your long term goals? | To publish a novel. |
| What is your writing regime? | I try to put aside set days that I write each week. This changes depending on the kids and work, but I find when I have a good amount of time to get my head into my writing, that's when I work best. |
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