Bernadette Jiwa

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I began my writing apprenticeship a decade ago, publishing non-fiction, I'm now devoting my time to writing fiction.

My debut novel, THE MAKING OF HER, is a page-turning mother-daughter love story set over three decades, from the 1960s to the 1990s. It charts one woman’s journey to claim her agency and escape the legacy of the society that shaped her.

THE MAKING OF HER was chosen as a New York Post Best Book of The Year in 2022. My second novel, EVERY SHADE OF LOVE, an unconventional Irish love story, was published in 2025, followed by a novella, HAPPY AS WE ARE in 2026.

I'm grateful to every single reader who has read and reviewed my books and taken the characters to their hearts.

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Bernadette Jiwa is an Irish Australian writer born into a house with no books and a home full of stories in Dublin. Her family is now lucky enough to call Melbourne, Australia, home. She has previously published nine best-selling non-fiction titles. THE MAKING OF HER was her debut novel. Her second novel EVERY SHADE OF LOVE and a new novella HAPPY AS WE ARE are available now.