Bruce Pascoe is a highly acclaimed Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian author whose work has reshaped the landscape of Australian literature. Celebrated for both adult and young adult titles, Bruce brings history, culture and truth-telling to the forefront of his storytelling.
His groundbreaking book Dark Emu (Magabala Books, 2014) won the NSW Premier’s Book of the Year and sparked national conversation around Aboriginal agricultural history. Its young readers’ edition, Young Dark Emu, received the CBCA Eve Pownall Award in 2020. Bruce also received the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction for Fog a Dox (2012), and in 2018 was honoured with the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.
A passionate advocate for truth-telling, Bruce draws from his diverse life experiences—teacher, farmer, language researcher, editor—to create works that challenge and inspire. He lives on his farm in Gippsland, Victoria, continuing to write stories that illuminate and empower.
