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Mirandi Riwoe

ミランディ・リウォエ

Mirandi Riwoe

Pen Names: M. J. Tija（Pen name for the Heloise Chancey historical crime series）

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Brisbane, Australia

Career

Occupations
author, novelist
Active Years
2017-
Nominations
2021 Stella Prize shortlist (Stone Sky Gold Mountain), 2021 Miles Franklin Award longlist (Stone Sky Gold Mountain), 2021 ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year shortlist (Stone Sky Gold Mountain), Stella Prize shortlist (The Fish Girl), 2024 Barbara Jefferis Award shortlist (Sunbirds)

Awards

Queensland Literary Award Fiction Book Award
2020
Work: Stone Sky Gold Mountain
Organization: Queensland Literary Awards
Result: winner
ARA Historical Novel Prize
2020
Work: Stone Sky Gold Mountain
Organization: HNSA
Result: winner
Seizure Viva La Novella Prize
2017
Work: The Fish Girl
Organization: Seizure
Result: winner
UQP Quentin Bryce Award
2022
Work: The Burnished Sun
Organization: University of Queensland Press
Result: winner
Queensland Literary Awards Writers Fellowship
2017
Work: Stone Sky Gold Mountain (manuscript)
Organization: Queensland Literary Awards
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Stone Sky Gold Mountain

2020 Historical novel

Set during the gold-rush era in Australia and told from the perspective of siblings Ying and Lai Yue, who have left China to seek their fortune in the gold fields.

immigrationgold rushfamilyhistory

Sunbirds

2023 Historical novel

A captivating escape to the romance and nostalgia of the Dutch East Indies on the cusp of World War II, where love and loyalties are tested.

warcolonialismloveloyalty

The Fish Girl

2017 Novella

The Burnished Sun

2022 Short story collection

Bibliography

  • The Fish Girl
  • Stone Sky Gold Mountain
  • The Burnished Sun
  • Sunbirds
  • She be Damned (as M. J. Tija)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
vivid prosemulticultural perspectives
Recurring Motifs
experiences of immigrantscolonial history

Legacy

Acclaimed Australian author known for historical novels that shed light on rarely illuminated corners of history, particularly from the perspectives of Chinese and Asian communities in Australia.

Trivia

  • Based in Brisbane.