Shirley Marr

Represented by Gemma Cooper

Shirley Marr is a first generation Chinese-Australian living in Perth. It was while she was working on a very dry Accounting PhD that she realised she’d rather be writing down her twisted daydreams instead. She is still a Bespectacled Accountant by day and a Masked Writer at night.

Shirley describes herself as having a Western Mind and an Eastern Heart. Her passion is to explore her cultural heritage in dark and unusual ways through the lens of resilient young women. Her US debut, also published in Australia and the UK, is A GLASSHOUSE OF STARS, a contemporary middle-grade novel inspired by her childhood migration experience, brushed with magic realism. Shirley’s next book, ALL FOUR QUARTERS OF THE MOON, will publish in 2022.

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