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Demet Divaroren

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Demet Divaroren is the author of Living on Hope Street which won the 2018 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Prize for Writing for Young Adults and was shortlisted for a 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. She is the co-editor of CBCA shortlisted anthology Growing up Muslim in Australia. Her second novel Blood Moon Bride will be published by Allen and Unwin in 2025. Demet appears as a panellist, guest speaker and workshop leader at literary festivals, universities and schools across Melbourne. 

Specialises in: 

  • Young adult fiction 
  • Adult contemporary fiction 
  • Fantasy 
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