Space Department welcomes this May author Suneeta Peres da Costa from Sydney, Australia.

Suneeta Peres da Costa lives on Gadigal Country of the Eora Nation and is of Goan descent. She writes fiction, non-fiction, plays and poetry. The Prodigal, her debut poetry collection, was published by Giramondo in 2024.

Her novella, Saudade (Giramondo, 2019; Transit Books USA & Canada, 2019; China Workers Publishing House, 2024), was shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the 2020 Adelaide Festival of Literature Awards, and a finalist in the 2020 Tournament of Books (USA). Her novel, Homework, was published internationally by Bloomsbury. A former Fulbright scholar, her honours include fellowships and residencies from MacDowell; the Yaddo Corporation; Creative Australia’s BR Whiting Residency, Rome; Fundación Valparaíso, Spain; and an Asialink Arts Creative Exchange to North India.

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