Emily Brugman grew up in Broulee, on the far south coast of NSW, on the lands of the Yuin people. Her writing has previously appeared in literary journals, magazines and anthologies, including Tracks, the UTS Writers' Anthology and Lines to the Horizon: Australian surf writing. She currently lives in Mullumbimby, on Bundjalung country, and works at Byron Writers Festival. The Islands, her first novel, is inspired by her family's experiences living and working on the Abrolhos Islands between 1959-1972.
"""Set among a community of Finnish fishers in a little-known part of the country, Brugman's debut is a sensuous blend of social history and imaginative fiction."" --Guardian ""There is an other-worldly quality about the Abrolhos which is beyond the reach of ordinary storytelling. Emily Brugman has captured them, staked them to the page in all their isolation and aridity and scoured indifference, because her storytelling is extraordinary."" --Jock Serong, author, Preservation ""A beautiful breathtaking salty book about finding home on the far reaches of the continental shelf."" --Marele Day, author, Lambs of God"