I have lived my whole life on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri People and the Boon Wurrung People. I am a white person living on these stolen lands.

I grew up in the dandenongs. You can take a cultural tour and learn about the area with Wurundjeri Cultural Tours.

You can donate to the Wurundjeri Tribe Council on their website and find out more about what services they offer and what they’re doing.

About me

The short version:

Alison Evans is the award-winning author of the queer YA books Ida, Highway Bodies, and Euphoria Kids. Alison is a contributor in Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories, HomeTown Haunts: A Horror #LoveOzYA anthology, co-edits the zine Concrete Queers and is the fiction editor for #enbylife. They are based on Wurundjeri Land.

The long version:

I love writing weird stuff. I started out writing fan fiction online in high school and I loved it. Halfway through year 12, everyone was asking what everyone else was doing for uni. I was never sure that I even wanted to go to uni, but then I thought about how I really loved to write, and so I ended up doing a Bachelor of Arts. I followed it up with an Honours year. I started a PhD before I decided that academia was not for me. I currently work as a children’s bookseller.

My first YA novel I published was Ida, when Echo Publishing decided they liked my work. This was followed up with Highway Bodies. Both of these have been shortlisted for awards, and Ida has even won a VPLA. My latest book is Euphoria Kids, a story centred on three trans kids who have to break a witch’s curse.

I have had many short stories published over the years, and they feature in two #LoveOzYA anthologies, Kindred and Hometown Haunts. You can read more on the short stories page.

My other love is zines. I have an etsy shop where you can buy my zines—lots of them are about my feelings. (It is currently closed but I am hoping to open it up again soon.)

I co-edit the zine Concrete Queers with my friend Katherine Back. It is a zine for queer people and each issue has a theme. Please submit stuff to us!

I am also the fiction editor of #enbylife, run by my friend Rae White. Also please send them stuff!

I live on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri People, Naarm, the place now know as melbourne.