Raaza Jamshed

Raaza Jamshed’s writing appears in Guernica, Meanjin, Sydney Review of Books and Australian Book Review. She holds a doctorate in Creative Arts from Western Sydney University where she is an Adjunct fellow. Her short story, Miracle Windows, won the second prize for 2019 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Prize. In 2021, Raaza launched Guernica magazine’s Global Spotlights series as a fiction editor. Her work has been supported by Tin House, Hedgebrook and Banff Centre for Arts and Literature. Raaza migrated to Australia from Pakistan in 2008. Her debut novel What Kept You? is forthcoming with Giramondo in July 2025.