Each year, The Sydney Morning Herald names the authors it considers to be the best young fiction writers in the country. Jason Steger, Books Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, leads a discussion with 2021 winners Jessie Tu (A Lonely Girl Is A Dangerous Thing), K.M. Kruimink (A Treacherous Country) and Vivian Pham (The Coconut Children) about their extraordinary works, crafting a distinctive narrative voice, and the cathartic, playful and empowering role writing has held in their lives.

Each year, The Sydney Morning Herald names the authors it considers to be the best young fiction writers in the country. Jason Steger, Books Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Age, leads a discussion with 2021 winners Jessie Tu (A Lonely Girl Is A Dangerous Thing), K.M. Kruimink (A Treacherous Country) and Vivian Pham (The Coconut Children) about their extraordinary works, crafting a distinctive narrative voice, and the cathartic, playful and empowering role writing has held in their lives.

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