Heather Rose Bio

Heather Rose is the bestselling Australian author of nine novels and a memoir. Her work has won the Stella Prize, the Christina Stead Prize, the Margaret Scott Prize, the ABIA Fiction Book of the Year and the Davitt Award.

It has twice been longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Awards. Her new novel is A Great Act of Love published in Australian in October 2025 and the UK and the USA in January 2026. Heather’s novels Bruny and The Museum of Modern Love have been optioned for film and television. The Museum of Modern Love has been widely translated and is currently in pre-production as a feature film. It has also been adapted for the stage premiering at Sydney Festival 2022. Heather lives between the mountain and sea in Tasmania. Heather Rose is the bestselling Australian author of nine novels and a memoir.

Her work has won the Stella Prize, the Christina Stead Prize, the Margaret Scott Prize, the ABIA Fiction Book of the Year and the Davitt Award. It has twice been longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Awards. Her new novel is A Great Act of Love published in Australian in October 2025 and the UK and the USA in January 2026. The Museum of Modern Love has been widely translated and is currently in pre-production as a feature film. It has also been adapted for the stage premiering at Sydney Festival 2022. Heather lives between the mountain and sea in Tasmania.