Janie Conway-herron
Professor
Arts and social Sciences
Southern Cross University
Australia
Biography
Janie Conway-Herron is a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Southern Cross University. She has a PhD in writing from the University of Western Sydney and a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Technology Sydney. Janie has extensive experience as a novelist, poet, musician, lyricist and scriptwriter and her work has been published in a number of journals and anthologies including; Landscapes of Exile, Australian Folklore Journal, To The Edge: Poetry from Byron Bay and Beyond, Australian Humanities Review
Research Interest
Her Research work reflects her passion for human rights and explores landscapes of identity in both an historical and contemporary context. A novel, Beneath the Grace of Clouds, was published by Cockatoo Books in 2010. She is currently working on her next novel, ‘Spotlighting’ due to be completed in 2013.
