Saradha Koirala

Saradha Koirala is from Wellington, New Zealand and is of Nepali and Pākehā descent.

She is the author of two poetry books - Wit of the Staircase (2009), Tear Water Tea (2013) - and a rock and roll teen novel, Lonesome When You Go (2016).

Saradha has had all kinds of jobs over the years including washing dishes, shelving books, reading the news and prepping people to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

For the last ten years she’s been teaching English literature and creative writing at high schools and universities. She now lives in Melbourne.