Joanna
Morrison
Media
Short bio
Joanna Morrison lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and two sons. Her first novel, THE GHOST OF GRACIE FLYNN, was shortlisted for the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award. Her second, THE WANTING DANCE, was shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Fiction Prize.
Full bio
Joanna Morrison lives in Perth, Western Australia, with her husband and two sons. After a career in print journalism, Joanna completed a Creative Writing PhD in 2014. Since then, her short fiction has appeared in literary journals and anthologies around Australia and has been shortlisted or nominated for various prizes, including the Margaret River Press Short Story Competition and the Pushcart Prize. Her first novel, THE GHOST OF GRACIE FLYNN, was shortlisted for the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, while her second, THE WANTING DANCE, was shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Fiction Prize.
Interviews & reviews
- The Ghost of Gracie Flynn — featured bookPodcast · The First Time podcast · 29 October 2023
- The Ghost of Gracie FlynnPodcast · The Australian Baby Boomer Podcast · 18 December 2022
- Review by Emily PaullReview · The AU Review · 2 December 2022
- Joanna Morrison: The Ghost of Gracie FlynnPodcast · Writers off the Page · 28 November 2022
- Reader ReviewReview · Book’d Out · 11 November 2022
- Early Reader ReviewsReview · Better Reading · 1 November 2022
- Joanna Morrison releases debut novel The Ghost of Gracie FlynnRadio · RTRFM 92.1 · 19 October 2022
- A Shot in the Dark: online Q&AInterview · Fremantle Press · 13 October 2022
- Reader ReviewReview · Sandy’s Book a Day · 5 October 2022
- Q&A with Joanna MorrisonInterview · Good Reading Magazine · 26 August 2022


