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Alexis Wright (born 25 November 1950) is an Indigenous Australian writer best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award for her 2006 novel Carpentaria.

Wright is a land rights activist originally from the Waanyi people in the highlands of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria. Wright's father, a white cattleman, died when she was five years old and she grew up in Cloncurry, Queensland with her mother and grandmother. Her first book Plains of Promise published in 1997 was nominated for several literary awards and has been reprinted several times by University of Queensland Press.

Wright has also published two non-fiction works - Take Power an anthology on the history of the land rights movement in 1998 and Grog War on the introduction of alcohol restrictions in Tennant Creek published in 1997.

Carpentaria took two years to conceive and more than six years to write. It was rejected by every major publisher in Australia before independent publisher Giramondo published it in 2006. Since then it has won the Miles Franklin Award in June 2007 (ahead of a shortlist including Peter Carey's A Love Story), the 2007 Fiction Book award in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the 2007 ALS Gold Medal and the 2007 Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction.

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Total Books: 21
Praiseworthy
2024 - Praiseworthy (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780811238014
ISBN-10: 0811238016
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Swan Book A Novel
2018 - The Swan Book a Novel (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781501124792
ISBN-10: 150112479X
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Carpentaria
2013 - Carpentaria (Audio CD)Paperback, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781743169469
ISBN-10: 1743169469
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Carpentaria A Novel
2010 - Carpentaria a Novel (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781439157848
ISBN-10: 1439157847
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Grog War Shifting the Blame One Town's Fight Against Alcohol
2010 - Grog War Shifting the Blame One Town's Fight Against Alcohol (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781921248122
ISBN-10: 1921248122
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CARPENTARIE
2009 - Carpentarie (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782742784875
ISBN-10: 274278487X
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I cacciatori di stelle
2008 - I Cacciatori Di Stelle (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788817023825
ISBN-10: 8817023825
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Croire en l'incroyable
2000 - Croire En L'incroyable (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782742731206
ISBN-10: 2742731202
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Plains of Promise
1997 - Plains of Promise [Uqp Black Australian Writers] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780702229176
ISBN-10: 0702229172
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Grog War
Grog War (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781875641314
ISBN-10: 1875641319
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The Swan Book
The Swan Book (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781922146410
ISBN-10: 1922146412
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Tracker
Tracker (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781925336337
ISBN-10: 1925336336
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Le pacte du serpent arcenciel
Le Pacte Du Serpent Arcenciel [French Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782742740956
ISBN-10: 2742740953
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