Bunty Avieson
Carolyn "Bunty" Avieson is an Australian journalist, feature writer, novelist and academic.
Career
Avieson has a PhD and a Master of Philosophy from Macquarie University, as well as an Associate Diploma of Journalism from RMIT University. In 2008–2009 she worked as a media consultant to newspaper Bhutan Observer, partly funded by the United Nations Development Program and was a consultant to Journalists Without Borders, Asia Pacific Desk.Avieson has published three novels, a novella and travel memoir; and been translated into Japanese, German and Thai. She is the recipient of two Ned Kelly Awards. In the 1990s she was editorial director of mass market women's magazines Woman's Day and New Idea. She is a senior lecturer in journalism and media at the University of Sydney.
Awards
- 2002 – Ned Kelly Awards – winner of the Best First Novel and Reader's Vote, for Apartment 255
- 2003 – Davitt Awards – Best Novel, shortlisted for The Affair
- 2004 – Ned Kelly Awards – Best Novel, shortlisted for ''The Wrong Door''
Novels
Apartment 255 The Affair The Wrong Door- ''Once You Know''
Travel writing
Baby in a Backpack Through Bhutan- ''The Dragon Finds Its Voice''
Documentary writing
- ''A Story from Bhutan: The Making of "Travellers & Magicians"''