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About Poppy
Poppy White has been writing from a very young age. In 2024, she won acclaim for her short stories. Several of these have been published in Australian anthologies. Her story, WATER BABY was short-listed for the ADA CAMBRIDGE BIOGRAPHICAL PROSE PRIZE. Her story, TIDEPOOL, was short-listed for the TASMANIAN WRITER’S PRIZE. Her story, THE SHALLOWS, was shortlisted for their ‘Light and Shadow competition.
Her writing explores her deep and rich lived experience, as she endeavours to expose the beauty, humour and grief that lies within the fault lines of our human condition. Poppy’s prose is lyrical and poetic in its descriptions of time and place, whilst her dialogue brings a raw, unfiltered honesty to her work.
Poppy has been a primary school teacher for seventeen years. An occupational hazard is her ever-growing collection of picture story books. These days, when Poppy is not reading and writing, she is teaching performing arts. Poppy writes, directs, and coordinates large scale theatre productions in central Victoria, where she lives with her husband, two children and a cheeky miniature foxy.
Taking Apart Marigold Hart is her debut novel of adult fiction.
In the Spotlight
Awards & Recognition
WATER BABY
Short-listed for the ADA CAMBRIDGE BIOGRAPHICAL PROSE PRIZE
Visit Willy Lit Fest website | Read Water Baby Synopsis
TIDEPOOL
Short-listed for the TASMANIAN WRITER’S PRIZE
Visit Forty South Tasmania website | Read Tidepool Synopsis
THE SHALLOWS
Minds Shine Bright, Light and Shadow Competition
Visit Minds Shine Bright website | Read The Shallows Synopsis
Testimonials
What people are saying
“White navigates highly emotive themes without melodrama, employing a refreshingly sure, yet sensitive voice.”
Jennie Renton
Main Point Books, Edinburgh
“At once heartbreaking and heart-warming. Tiger Moth delivers characters that stay with you, long after the last word is read.”
Lorella Burns
Book Club Coordinator
“Poppy’s writing is visually stunning, creating enduring characters and landscapes.”
Amanda Scotney
Founder, Minds Shine Bright,
Melbourne Australia.
"Poppy White is a very special new voice in Australian fiction - Her writing is wise and tender, with an unfiltered honesty that is original and authentic."
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Key People Literary Management
Poppy is represented by Key People Literary Management.
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