I am a fiction writer from Narrm/Melbourne, Australia
I am the author of two novels, A Light in the Dark and Small Joys of Real Life. You can buy them now from your local bookstore.
You can find reviews of my novel and interviews with me via my Linktree
My short stories have been published in Australian journals and magazines including Best Australian Stories, Overland, New Australian Fiction, Best Summer Stories, Australian Book Review, the Lifted Brow and Kill Your Darlings. I’ve been shortlisted for various writing prizes including the Victorian Premier’s Unpublished Manuscript Award, the Richell Prize, the Pater Carey Short Story Award and the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize.
I am represented by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary.
I’m on Instagram @alleerichards
I live and work on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation