Meg Caddy
Meg Caddy is a West Australian YA novelist with three published novels. Meg started their first novel, a standalone YA fantasy titled Waer, when they were just fourteen, and Waer was acquired by Text Publishing after being shortlisted for the Text Prize in 2013. In 2017, Waer was also shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award.
Their second novel, Devil’s Ballast, was longlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize (2020). The sequel Slipping the Noose was also longlisted for both the CBCA Book of the Year Award (2023) and the ARA Historical Novel Prize (2022).
Meg identifies as nonbinary and asexual. They are currently undertaking a PhD in creative writing, with a focus on Australia’s queer history. They have been presenting writing workshops and talks for West Australian teens since 2013.
When they are not writing, elbows-deep in archives, or chasing around their toddler, Meg plays an unhealthy amount of Dungeons & Dragons.