Raaza Jamshed

Raaza Jamshed holds a Doctor of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University, where she is an adjunct fellow. Her writing appears in Guernica, LitHub, Meanjin, Sydney Review of Books and Australian Book Review. Her short story ‘Miracle Windows’ was a prize-winner in the 2019 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. Raaza is the Editor-in-Chief of Guernica. Her debut novel What Kept You? (Giramondo, 2025) was shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal and the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. She is a 2026 International Writing Program Scholar at the University of Iowa.