Author Bio Short
Josephine Renee (she/her) is a 23-year-old Meanjin (Brisbane) Australian author enrolled in a Bachelor of Creative Writing. She is a Brisbane Writers Festival Youth Ambassador, a Why Not Creative Resident, the president of the university Literary Salons, and the 2023 recipient of the Kellie van Meurs Memorial Scholarship. She has travelled Europe for two years, spent a year and a half in North America, and has recently returned from Paris. When not gaining world-building inspiration, she dedicates her time to writing and illustrating. She has work published in Why Not, ScratchThat, BWF, and Glass Magazine. Find her on Instagram @josephine_renee_official or at josephinerenee.com
Author Bio Long
Josephine Renee (she/her) is a 23-year-old queer Meanjin (Brisbane) Australian author enrolled at Queensland University of Technology majoring in creative writing with a minor in screenwriting for interactive environments and has volunteered at Brisbane Writers Festival 2022 – 2023 and is the 2024 Youth Ambassador. She is the president of the university Literary Salons, a Why Not Creative Resident, and the 2023 recipient of the Kellie van Meurs Memorial Scholarship. She has travelled Europe and North Africa for two years, spent a year and a half in the USA, Canada, Cuba, and Mexico, and has recently returned from Paris. When not gaining world-building inspiration, she dedicates her time to writing and illustrating, with a self-published children’s book and dedicated readership on her web-comic Horn-Nhei. She has work published in Why Not, ScratchThat, BWF, and Glass Magazine. Find her on Instagram @josephine_renee_official or at josephinerenee.com
Published Books
2020 May 1st Horn-Nhei first published online webtoons (ongoing)
2019 October 15th Do You Fancy a Fairy Tale? (The Adventures of Jo and Hanna) published on Amazon
Higher Education
2022 – 2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative Writing), QUT
Awards, Grants, Prizes
2023 winner of the Kellie van Meurs Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing for demonstrating a deep commitment to writing, outstanding academic merit, and an active contribution to the writing community at QUT.
2017 third place in Create Noosa, the world’s first inter-school Virtual Reality (VR) Art Competition.
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