Susanne Gervay
Author of Historical Fiction
based in NSW
Susanne Gervay OAM
Awarded the Lifetime Social Justice Literature by International Literacy Association, nominated Astrid Ingrid Memorial Award & Order of Australia, Susanne Gervay is recognized for her youth literature on social justice – from multiculturalism, disability to peace. The I Am Jack books are definitive novels on school bullying, adapted into an acclaimed play by Monkey Baa Theatre. She is an award-winning short story writer, published in many literary journals and anthologies alongside Sir Salmon Rushie and David Malouf. An international speaker, she has addressed audiences from Istanbul, New York, Delhi to London.
Susanne’s 2025 books are:-
Parrot Palace junior fiction March 2025 Home | Big Sky Publishing
Guess How I Was Born? Picture book 1st July 2025 Larrikin House – We Take Fun Seriously!
Her 17 books include picture books, middle grade to:
Shadows of Olive Trees – feminism
Butterflies – disability.
Heroes of the Secret Underground – heroes for peace
The Edge of Limits – male identity & consent.
