Margot McGovern is an award-winning author of Young Adult literature.
Her love letter to ‘90s horror, This Stays Between Us, won the inaugural John Marsden Prize for Writing for Young Adults in the Victorian Premier’s Awards and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the CBCA Awards and the ABIA Awards.
Her work has also been shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the Text Prize, the Aurealis Awards, the ITW Thriller Awards and the Australasian Shadows Awards.
Margot lives on Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide) and holds a creative writing PhD from Flinders University.
Margot is represented by Danielle Binks and can be booked for school workshops and events via Becky’s Literary Bookings.
Margot shares updates about her books and writing on Instagram: @margot.mcgovern.
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