About

Morna began writing in 2017. Her debut novel, Cloud Failure was awarded a 2018 Varuna Residency Fellowship and was shortlisted for the 2020 Penguin Literary Prize. Morna’s short story, The Boy On A Blue Bike was long-listed for the 2020 Peter Carey Short Story Prize. In 2021, she was awarded and honourable mention in the mainstream/literary short story category of the 2021 Writers Digest 90th Annual Writing Competition.

She is currently completing her Masters in Creative Writing at UTS in Sydney, where she lives.