Nardi Simpson

Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay storyteller from the NSW north west freshwater plains and is a musician, composer, performer, and novelist. 

Nardi was a winner of the 2018 Black & Write! Fellowship and her first novel, Song of the Crocodile was published in 2020 with Hachette Australia. This went on to win the 2021 ASAL Gold Medal and be long listed for the 2021 Stella Prize and Miles Franklin Awards.  Nardi’s second novel is the belburd, a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging and the precious fragility of a life.