Melissa Manning is an Australian writer of fiction and narrative non-fiction. Her debut interlinked story collection, Smokehouse, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction (2022), and was shortlisted for the USQ Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection. Her writing has been recognised in awards and widely published in literary journals and anthologies, including Overland, Meanjin, The Big Issue, Award Winning Australian Writing, To Carry Her Home (UK), and Best Small Fictions (USA).
