Kim Scott

Born in 1957, Kim Scott's ancestral Noongar country is the south-east coast of Western Australia between Gairdner River and Cape Arid. His cultural Elders use the term Wirlomin to refer to their clan, and the Norman Tindale nomenclature identifies people of this area as Wudjari/Koreng. His novel Taboo won the Victorian premier’s literary award for Indigenous writing in 2019.His other novels include True Country and Benang. He also writes poetry and short fiction. His professional background is in education and the arts.