Anita Heiss

Dr Anita Marianne Heiss (born 1968) is an Australian author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator[1] whose work spans non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women's fiction, poetry, social commentary and travel articles.[2] She is a regular guest at writers' festivals and travels internationally performing her work and lecturing on Indigenous literature.[1] Heiss is an advocate for Indigenous literature and literacy through her writing for adults and children and her membership of boards and committees. She is a Board Member for the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy,[1] an Advocate for the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and an Indigenous Literacy Day Ambassador.[3]

Dr.

Anita Heiss
Heiss in 2017
Born
Anita Marianne Heiss

1968 (age 52–53)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales, Western Sydney University
OccupationAuthor, presenter, commentator
Years active2000–present

Heiss is Professor of Communications at the University of Queensland and Adjunct Professor at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney.[4]

Biography

Heiss is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of Central New South Wales. She was born in Sydney in 1968. Her mother Elsie Heiss (née Williams) was born at Erambie Mission, Cowra in Wiradjuri country. Her father Josef Heiss was born in St Michael in the Lungau, Salzburg, Austria.[3]

Heiss was educated at St Clare's College, Waverley then the University of New South Wales where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in History (Honours),1991. She gained her PhD in Communication and Media at the University of Western Sydney, 2000.

Since 2000 Heiss has undertaken writers-in- residence positions at Macquarie University, Sydney and throughout NSW. She was Deputy-Director at Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University; Communications Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts and consultant researcher / writer for the Aboriginal History website at the City of Sydney. Anita was appointed to the State Library of Queensland board in 2017.[5] She runs her own communications business, Curringa Communications.[6]

Heiss has lived in Sydney for most of her life and currently resides in Brisbane, Queensland.

Bibliography

Non-fiction
  • Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (editor) (Black Inc, 2018) ISBN 9781863959810
  • Am I Black Enough For You (Random House, 2012) ISBN 9781742751924
  • Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature edited Anita Heiss and Peter Minter (Allen & Unwin Sydney 2008) ISBN 978 1 74175 438 4
  • Dhuuluu-yala, To Talk Straight: Publishing indigenous literature (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2003) ISBN 0-85575-444-3

Novels
  • Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms, (2016), Simon & Schuster Australia, ISBN 9781925184846
  • Tiddas (Simon & Schuster, Australia 2014) ISBN 978 1 92205 2285
  • Paris Dreaming (Bantam, Australia 2011) ISBN 9781741668933
  • Manhattan Dreaming (Bantam, Australia 2010) ISBN 978 1 86471 1288
  • Avoiding Mr Right (Bantam, Australia 2008) ISBN 9781863256049
  • Not Meeting Mr. Right (Bantam, Australia 2007) ISBN 978-1-86325-511-0

Children's literature
  • Who am I? The diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937 (Scholastic, Australia 2001) ISBN 1-86504-361-3
  • Yirra and her deadly dog, Demon (ABC Books, 2007) ISBN 978-0-7333-2039-2
  • Demon Guards the School Yard (OUP / Laguna Bay, Australia 2011) ISBN 9780195572568
  • My Australian Story: Our Race for Reconciliation (Scholastic, Australia 2017) ISBN 9781760276119

Poetry
  • Token Koori (Curringa Communications, 1998) ISBN 0-646-35290-3
  • I'm Not Racist, But ... (Salt, 2007) ISBN 978-1-84471-316-5

Humour

Other edited books
  • Life in Gadigal Country (Gadigal Information Service, 2002) ISBN 0 9580923 0 3
  • Stories without End (Halstead Press, Australia, 2002) ISBN 1875684956

Awards, fellowships and grants
  • 2012 – Finalist: Human Rights Awards Media (non-fiction) for Am I Black Enough for You?[7]
  • 2012 – Winner: VIC Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing, 2012 for Am I Black Enough for You?[8]
  • 2011 – Winner: Deadly Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Literature for Paris Dreaming[9]
  • 2010 – Winner: Deadly Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Literature for Manhattan Dreaming[10]
  • 2008 – Winner: Deadly Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Literature, with Peter Minter for the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature.[11]
  • 2007 – Winner: Deadly Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Literature for Not Meeting Mr Right.[12]
  • 2004 – Nominee: Deadly Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Literature[13]
  • 2004 – Microsoft / Bulletin Magazine, Smart 100 (Arts and Entertainment).[1]
  • 2003 – Winner: Inaugural Australian Society of Authors Medal (Under 35) for contribution to Australian community and life.[14]
  • 2002 – Winner: NSW Premier's History Award (Audio Visual) for Barani: the Aboriginal History of the City of Sydney[15]
  • 2002 – Shortlist: NSW Premier's History Award (Young People's History) for Who Am I? The diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937.
  • NSW Indigenous Arts Fellowship, 2004
  • ANZAC Fellowship (NZ Department of External Affairs) to New Zealand to meet Maori authors and publishers. June 1997
  • Writer's Grants from the Australia Council for the Arts 1994/1996/2011

References
  1. Corporation, Australian Broadcasting (16 June 2011). "Anita Heiss". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Anita Heiss". Reading Australia. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. Heiss, Anita. "Welcome to Anita Heiss online!". Anita Heiss. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. "New books by UTS Authors | UTS Library - University of Technology Sydney". UTS Library. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. "Media Statements". Queensland Government. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. "ABN Lookup". abr.business.gov.au. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  7. "Nominees for the 25th Human Rights Awards announced (2012 Media Release) | Australian Human Rights Commission". www.humanrights.gov.au. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  8. "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing: Winner and Shortlist Announced". Wheeler Centre. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  9. "17th Deadlys Winner Profiles" (PDF). Deadly Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  10. "2010 Deadly Awards | The Deadlys®". Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  11. "Deadlys 2008 Winners Announced!". 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  12. "2007 Winners". Deadly Vibe. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  13. "Anita Heiss Wins Deadly Award". Copyright Agency. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  14. "ASA Medal". Australian Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  15. "City of Sydney's Barani Website wins prestigious NSW Premier's History Awards in the audio/visual category". City of Sydney. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
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