Inga Simpson began her career as a professional writer for
government before gaining a PhD in creative writing. In 2011, she
took part in the Queensland Writers Centre Manuscript Development
Program and, as a result, Hachette Australia published her first
novel, Mr Wigg, in 2013. Nest, Inga's second novel, was published
in 2014 and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award
and the Stella Prize and shortlisted for the ALS Gold Medal. Inga's
third novel, the acclaimed Where the Trees Were, was published in
2016.
Inga was awarded the final Eric Rolls Prize for her nature writing
and has obtained a second PhD, exploring the history of Australian
nature writers. Inga's account of her love of Australian nature and
life with trees, Understory, was published in 2017. Her first book
for children, The Book of Australian Trees, illustrated by Alicia
Rogerson, was published in 2021. The Last Woman in the World, her
critically acclaimed environmental thriller, was published in 2021
and shortlisted for the 2022 Fiction Indie Book Award. Her
bestselling and critically acclaimed 2022 novel Willowman was
shortlisted for the BookPeople Adult Fiction Book of the Year 2023
and in 2024 was selected by Australia's leading booksellers in
BookPeople's 100 Must-Read Australian Novels.
Inga lives on the New South Wales south coast among trees.
The Last Woman in the World layers precise nature writing with a
conspiratorial tone for our times, turning in a gripping
apocalyptic thriller that infects the sublime features of the
landscape with primal fear
*Guardian*
Creepy and chilling
*Observer*
Each page is shaped with an impressive, world-building cinematic
scope so that I was reminded of the thrilling paralysis I felt as I
watched The Quiet Place, mixed with the frightening torment of the
creepiest scenes in I Am Legend
*Sydney Morning Herald*
Inga Simpson deftly combines horror and hope in this necessary read
that is sure to set the literary world on fire. The Last Woman in
the World will grab you and not let go
*Christina Dalcher*
As terrifying as Bird Box or A Quiet Place but full of the most
beautiful writing about nature. An absolute must-read
*Mark Edwards*
The Last Woman in the World is a novel of fear, fire and an
uncertain future. A powerful narrative in Inga Simpson's own unique
voice. Horrifying, yet humane and ultimately hopeful - a
masterwork
*Angela Slatter*
A heart-racing, page-turning, hiding under the doona stuff. Will
read anything this woman writes, did not expect to be so
terrified
*Kate Mildenhall*
Chilling . . . powerful
*Good Reading Magazine*
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