Laura Bloom (Australia)
Laura Bloom is the author of eight critically acclaimed and bestselling novels for adults and children, including The Cleanskin, which The Australian described as ‘a masterpiece of drama and characterisation,’ and Augustine’s Lunch, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Awards. Laura is also an award winning screenwriter for film and television.
Mika and Max, her novel about an unlikely friendship which springs up between a young girl and a boy with autism, was published by Walker Books in 2019. Her latest novel, The Women and The Girls, about three women who leave their husbands to move in together, will be published by Allen and Unwin in 2021.
For more information, visit www.laurabloom.com.au
