Kalinda Ashton is an Australian writer based in Melbourne, Victoria. She is the author of the 2009 novel The Danger Game and was joint winner of the 2012 Sydney Morning Herald best young novelist award[1] and a Betty Trask award in the UK.[2]

In 2010 Ashton received an Australia Council Literature Board Grant for Developing Writers.[3] She is an associate editor of the literary journal, Overland.[4]

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  1. ^ Wyndham, Susan (9 May 2016). "The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists awards turn 20". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ "People – Flinders University". Flinders.edu.au. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Kalinda Ashton: (author/organisation) | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". AustLit.edu.au. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ Kalinda Ashton, Readings.com, 5 August 2009. Accessed: 2 December 2009.