Dr Piri Eddy

Piri Eddy holds a PhD in Creative Writing. His research explores the grotesque in australian fiction, and he is currently writing his first novel. He has written for print, online, stage and radio. His work has appeared in such places as Westerly, Island Magazine, Australian Book Review and Radio National. He was the winner of the 2020 Jill Blewett Playwright's Award. Piri also works as a filmmaker, and won an AWGIE for Best Short Film at the 54th Annual AWGIE awards. In 2019, he was the associate producer for Change Media's The Loop, a hybrid documentary about representation, disability and soap operas that was broadcast on SBS on Demand.

Piri has worked as a tutor in the Flinders University English & Creating Writing department and the Drama Critical Studies department at Flinders University.