Leni Shilton is a poet, teacher and researcher. She grew up in Papua New Guinea and Melbourne and lived in Mparntwe | Alice Springs for many years where she worked as a remote area nurse, a prison educator, a lecturer and as a domestic violence community worker. She now lives in central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung country. Leni’s books are Walking with camels, which won the 2020 NT Chief Ministers Book Award, and Malcolm. Her poetry appears in the Australian Poetry Anthology, APJ, Overland, Cordite, Plumwood Mountain, Westerly, Best of Australian Poetry 2022, and the Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry. She has a PhD in Creative writing. Leni regularly judges literary awards including the 2020 Stella Prize, the Dorothy Hewett Awards, the NT Literary Awards and the NT Chief Ministers Book Awards. Her poetry explores the intersection of language, place and belonging. Leni is currently working on her third verse novel.
