Claire Coleman

Claire G. Coleman is a Noongar woman whose family have belonged to the south coast of Western Australia since long before history started being recorded.

She writes fiction, essays, poetry and art writing while either living in Naarm (Melbourne) or on the road. Born in Perth, away from her ancestral country she has lived most of her life in Victoria and most of that in and around Melbourne.

During an extended circuit of the continent she wrote a novel, influenced by certain experiences gained on the road. She has since won a Black&Write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship for that novel, Terra Nullius. Since mid-2020 Claire has been a member of the cultural advisory committee for Agency, a Not-for-profit Indigenous Arts Consultancy. The Old Lie (2019) was her second novel and in 2021 her acclaimed non-fiction book, Lies Damned Lies was published. Enclave is her third novel.