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Evie Wyld

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Evie Wyld

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1980-01-01 （London, England）
Nationality
British, Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Peckham, South London → Brixton, London → London

Career

Occupations
Author, Novelist
Active Years
2009-2025

Education

Bath Spa University
Creative Writing
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 2002
Country: United Kingdom
BA in Creative Writing
Goldsmiths, University of London
Creative Writing
Degree: MA
Year of Graduation: 2004
Country: United Kingdom
MA in Creative Writing

Awards

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
2009
Work: After the Fire, A Still Small Voice
Result: Winner
Betty Trask Award
2010
Work: After the Fire, A Still Small Voice
Result: Winner
Encore Award
2013
Work: All the Birds, Singing
Result: Winner
European Union Prize for Literature (UK)
2014
Work: All the Birds, Singing
Organization: European Union
Result: Winner
Miles Franklin Award
2014
Work: All the Birds, Singing
Result: Winner
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2018
Organization: Royal Society of Literature
Result: Elected
Stella Prize
2021
Work: The Bass Rock
Result: Winner
Barbara Jefferis Award (Shortlist)
2022
Work: The Bass Rock
Result: Shortlisted
Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction
2025
Work: The Echoes
Result: Shortlisted
Costa Book Awards (Novel)
2013
Work: All the Birds, Singing
Category: Novel
Result: Shortlisted

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

After the Fire, A Still Small Voice

2009 Literary fiction

A novel that interweaves past and present around trauma and family. It explores isolation, memory and complicated familial relationships.

isolationtraumafamilymemory

All the Birds, Singing

2013 Literary fiction

Tells the story of an Australian sheep farmer living on an English hill farm. It examines isolation, masculinity and the lingering effects of the past.

isolationmasculinitypastoral lifetrauma

The Bass Rock

2020 Literary fiction

Set in Scotland, the novel follows three women living in different centuries and explores how masculinity and male violence shape their lives.

male violencehistorywomen's continuitytrauma

The Echoes

2024 Literary fiction

Set in Wangkatha Country in Western Australia and in London, the novel uses a ghostly narrator and multiple time-shifts to consider love, trauma and history, including the impact of the Stolen Generations; it provoked mixed reactions.

lovetraumacolonial historyrepresentation of Indigenous peoples

Bibliography

  • After the Fire, A Still Small Voice (2009)
  • All the Birds, Singing (2013)
  • The Bass Rock (2020)
  • The Echoes (2024)
  • Short stories (various magazines and anthologies)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realist and lyrical prosefragmented, multi-perspective narrationquiet, sombre imagery
Recurring Motifs
isolationsea and naturememory and the pastmasculinity and violence

Health

  • Viral encephalitis
    幼少期
    The childhood illness is reported to have contributed to an introverted disposition and influenced later themes of vulnerability and corporeality in her work.

Legacy

Evie Wyld is a contemporary author recognised in both the UK and Australia, known for novels that address trauma, masculinity and female perspectives. Her major works have won and been shortlisted for significant prizes, making her an important voice in modern literature.

Academic Societies

  • Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)

Quotes

  • I'm clearly English.
    Source: Publishers Weekly (interview) (2024)
  • When I was a kid I used to tell people I was from Australia, to try and sound more interesting — but really I'm from south-east London.
    Source: Granta (interview) (2008)

Trivia

  • Her mother is Australian and her father English; she holds dual nationality.
  • Spent childhood holidays at her grandparents' sugar cane farm in New South Wales.
  • Married literary agent Jamie Coleman in 2013.
  • Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.
  • Official website: http://www.eviewyld.com/