Clare Wright

Dr Clare Wright is an award-winning historian and author who has worked as an academic, political speechwriter, historical consultant and radio and television broadcaster. She won the 2014 Stella Prize for her narrative non-fiction book, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, which is currently being adapted for a television drama series. Clare has written two historical documentaries for ABC TV and is the writer/host of Radio National's history podcast, Shooting the Past. Clare is an Associate Professor of History at La Trobe University.