Dr Amy Matthews

Amy Matthews is an award-winning multi-published novelist and a scholar in the field of Creative Writing. She writes under the names Amy T. Matthews, Amy Barry, and Tess LeSue, in multiple genres, including literary fiction, book club fiction, historical fiction, romantic comedy, and historical romance. Amy was named John Howard Clark Scholar at the University of Adelaide, and is a recent Chair and longstanding boardmember of Writers SA; she is a judge of literary awards including the Adelaide Festival Awards and the MUD Club Prize for a debut novelist, and an affiliate of the JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice. Amy is a committee member for the Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts and Disicpline Lead of Creative Writing at Flinders University. Amy's scholarly interests include Holocaust fictions, Popular Romance Studies, historical fictions of the colonial frontier, and fictions of climate change/crisis. You can find more information on her creative work at amytmatthews.com and amy-barry.com.