MsShannon Meyerkort
HDR Student
School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT
Shannon Meyerkort is a writer, bookseller and PhD student, with experience in contemporary and historical fiction, short stories, memoir, and writing accessible and dyslexia-friendly text for children.
Her debut children's book, Brilliant Minds: 30 Dyslexic Heroes Who Changed Our World was published by Affirm Press in 2022. She has been long-listed for the Hungerford Award and was a finalist for the inaugural Best Australian Yarn short story competition. Her work has appeared in anthologies by Fremantle Press and Night Parrot Press as well as The Australian, Mama Mia and Underground Writers.
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- BooksellerDymocks Subiaco, Australia2022 - present
DEGREES
- Graduate Diploma of Professional CommunicationCurtin University, Perth, Australia2011 - 2015
- Graduate Diploma of Health Sciences (Education)The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia2004 - 2004
- Master of Public HealthThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia1999 - 2001
- Bachelor of Arts (Hons)The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia1995 - 1998
CERTIFICATIONS
- Sounds-Write PhonicsDyslexia SPELD Foundation, Australia2019 - present
ROLE
- Research Student
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- 3602 - Creative and professional writing
- 4705 - Literary studies
- 4303 - Historical studies
DEPARTMENT
- School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry