Roanna Gonsalves (Australia)
Roanna Gonsalves was born and brought up in Mumbai, India and came to Australia in 1998 as an international student. She is the author of The Permanent Resident (2016), published in India and South Asia as Sunita De Souza Goes To Sydney (Speaking Tiger). She won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award Multicultural Prize 2018 and was longlisted for the Dobbie Literary Award 2018. Roanna is a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Endeavour Award and is co-founder and co-editor of Southern Crossings.
Instagram: @roannagonsalves
