Rawah Arja

2023 Presenter

Biography

Rawah Arja is a young adult author and teacher who has taught at both primary and secondary level. She also runs writing workshops focusing on working with reluctant readers.

Her work has been featured at a number of writers festivals, including the Sydney Writer’s Festival, SBS Voices and the Sydney Review of Books. She is passionate about encouraging inclusivity and diversity in fiction and her writing features themes of family and friendship, belonging and identity, and teamwork.

Rawah’s first published novel is The F Team, which has been shortlisted for a number of awards.

Selected Works