Grace Lucas-Pennington

Grace Lucas-Pennington is an Aboriginal (Bundajalung) editor specialising in First Nations fiction and poetry. She grew up mostly between northern NSW and the greater Logan/Brisbane area. Grace is the Senior Editor at State Library of Queensland's black&write! Indigenous Writing and Editing Project, and is on the Board of Byron Bay Writers Festival. Grace was awarded the 2020 Nakata Brophy Prize for poetry. She is passionately committed to developing and promoting First Nations storytelling.