Kim Mahood

Kim Mahood is a writer and artist based in Wamboin near Canberra. She is the author of the award-winning memoir Craft for a Dry Lake, and the recipient of the 2013 Peter Blazey Fellowship. Her essays have been published in art, literary and public affairs journals, and her artwork is held in state, territory and regional collections. She grew up in Central Australia, and spends several months each year working with Aboriginal people in the Tanami and Great Sandy Desert region.