Eva Hornung

Eva Hornung, formerly published as Eva Sallis, is an award-winning writer of literary fiction and criticism: her first novel, Hiam, won the Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1997 and the Nita May Dobbie Award in 1999. Her novel The Marsh Birds won the Asher Literary Award 2005 and was shortlisted for the Age Book of the Year 2005, NSW Premier’s Literary Award and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Hornung’s acclaimed Dog Boy was shortlisted for numerous prizes and won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award in 2010. Her most recently published book, The Last Garden, won the SA Premier’s Prize for Literature in 2018. She lives in rural South Australia.

Books by Eva Hornung

The Minstrels

Eva Hornung

An extraordinary new literary novel from the award-winning author of Dog Boy and The Last Garden.
'The long-awaited new novel from one of our finest writers.’ The Australian
‘A masterpiece.’ Guardian

The Last Garden

Eva Hornung

From the author of the award-winning Dog Boy, a powerful literary work about frailty, redemption, and the healing power of animals

Dog Boy: Text Classics

Eva Hornung