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Tara June Winch is a Wiradjuri author, born in Australia in 1983 and based in France. Her first novel, Swallow the Air, was critically acclaimed and she was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist, and has won numerous literary awards. A tenth anniversary edition was published in 2016. In 2008, Tara was mentored by Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka as part of the prestigious Rolex Mentor and Prot g Arts Initiative. Her second book, the story collection After the Carnage, was published in 2016. It was longlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction, and sho Tara June Winch is an Australian writer based in France. She has written essays, short fiction and memoirs for Vogue, Vice, McSweeneys, and various Australian publications and anthologies. Her first novel, Swallow the Air, was published in 2006 and won numerous literary awards, including the David Unaipon Award and a Victorian Premier's Literary Award. It has been on the education and HSC syllabus for Standard and Advanced English in Australia since 2009. In the same year she was awarded the International Rolex Mentor and Prot g Award that saw her work under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. tarajunewinch-twmb.format.com/ Tara June Winch was born near Sydney in 1983. She is of Wiradjuri, Afghan and English heritage. In 2004 she won the David Unaipon Award for Indigenous Writers. Her work has been included in Best Australian Stories 2005. Tara June Winch was born near Sydney in 1983. She is of Wiradjuri, Afghan and English heritage. In 2004 she won the David Unaipon Award for Indigenous Writers. Her work has been included in Best Australian Stories 2005.