Kristel Thornell was born in Sydney, Australia, and has lived in Italy, Mexico, Canada, Finland and, currently, is based in Rochester, NY. Her debut novel, Night Street, was first released in Australia, where it won the Australian / Vogel Literary Award, the Dobbie Literary Award, the Barbara Ramsden Award, and was shortlisted in the New South Wales Premier’s Awards. Thornell was named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists by The Sydney Morning Herald in 2011.

She holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Sydney, an MA in English from the University of New Brunswick, and a PhD from the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney.

Introduction will be by Annette Weld, ’76 MA, ’89 PhD. 
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