Rhett Davis writes fiction that lies somewhere between the real and the unreal. He has published short stories and non-fiction widely, and his debut novel, Hovering, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript in 2020. Hovering was published by Hachette Australia in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Readings New Australian Fiction Prize. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and a PhD in Creative Writing from Deakin University. Rhett has lived in several places but always finds his way back to Geelong/Djilang, on Wadawarrung land, where he lives with his partner and two talkative cats. He’s currently working on his second novel.
