About Rebecca Higgie

Rebecca is an award-winning writer from Boorloo (Perth), Western Australia.

Her debut novel The History of Mischief won the 2019 Fogarty Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript and was published by Fremantle Press in 2020.

Her second novel, The Book of the After, will be published by Fremantle Press in October 2026. Her short story “The Pyrocene”, which won the Readers’ Choice Award in The West Australian’s 2023 Best Australian Yarn, features characters and scenes from this soon to be released novel.

Her other short stories, creative non-fiction and poems have won awards and been published in journals, anthologies and newspapers including The West Australian, Westerly, and Stories of Perth.

Rebecca is passionate about the climate, history and the intricacies of storytelling during times of crisis. Formerly an academic at Curtin University and Brunel University London, she has a PhD in cultural studies and has published research on satire and politics. She was the host of the Fremantle Press Podcast from 2019-2020, where she interviewed local Western Australian authors and industry experts on all things books and publishing. She was a 2021 City of South Perth Literature Champion, the 2023 Emerging Writer-in-Residence at the Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers Centre and a judge for the 2025 WA Premier’s Book Awards. She has spoken to all ages at festivals, schools and libraries, both in-person and online.

For up to date news on her writing journey, follow her on Instagram.