Elfie Shiosaki

Originally based in Perth, Western Australia, she moved to Canberra in 2022 as associate professor at the Australian National University.

Her debut book Homecoming won the 2022 Western Australian Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer.

[5] It was shortlisted for the 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing.

[6] Shiosaki holds a doctorate in Human Rights Education from Curtin University, working there on a fellowship 2015–2018.

She was a lecturer in the School of Indigenous studies at the University of Western Australia 2018–2022.