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Laura Jean McKay is the author of THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY (Scribe 2020), winner of The Arthur C Clarke Award, The Victorian Prize for Literature 2021, The Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction, the ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year and co-winner of an Aurealis Award 2021. The Animals in That Country was also shortlisted for The Stella Prize, The ASL Gold Medal, The Readings Prize and longlisted for The Miles Franklin. She is the author of HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA (Black Inc 2013) and an adjunct lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University. Laura's next collection GUNFLOWER will be released in 2023. ...more

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	The Animals in That Country 3.39 avg rating — 4,516 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dusklands by J.M. Coetzee, Laura Jean McKay (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.48 avg rating — 2,080 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Letters: Reviving The Lost Art of Correspondence by Marieke Hardy (Editor), Michaela McGuire (Editor), Shalini Akhil (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Up in Country Australia by Rick Morton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tony Armstrong (Contributor), Claire Baker (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gunflower 3.40 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holiday in Cambodia 3.48 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Australian Stories 2008 by Delia Falconer (Editor), Claire Aman, Emily Ballou 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Magic (Griffith Review, #82) by Carody Culver (Editor), Amanda Niehaus (Contributor), Fred Hill (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geek Mook by Aaron Mannion (Editor), Julian Novitz (Editor), Annie Solah (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les animaux de ce pays by Laura Jean McKay (Goodreads Author), Lise Garond (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Watching them stare at each other through whatever mists old people and animals see the world.”
― Laura Jean McKay, The Animals in That Country

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“Craig Henderson. You are the most attractive real estate agent in the region.”
― Laura Jean McKay, Gunflower

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