Peta Murray

Peta Murray is an Australian writer-performer and dramaturg. Her short fiction has been published in Sleepers Almanac and New Australian Stories, and her essays in Sydney Review of Books, The Mekong Review and TEXT Journal. Known for award-winning plays, Wallflowering and Salt, she holds an Australian Government Centenary Medal for Services to Society and Literature. A Senior Lecturer in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Peta's research focus is art-based activism, secular rituals and innovative methods for collaboration based on "radical joy" and communal meaning-making. Peta is a faux-Scot with numerous alter egos and far too many hobbies.

Peta Murray adalah seorang penulis-performer dan dramaturg asal Australia. Fiksi pendeknya telah diterbitkan di Sleepers Almanac dan New Australian Stories, dan esai-esainya di Sydney Review of Books, The Mekong Review, dan TEXT Journal. Dikenal lewat karya drama yang meraih penghargaan, Wallflowering dan Salt, ia dianugerahi Australian Government Centenary Medal untuk Jasa kepada Masyarakat dan Sastra. Sebagai Senior Lecturer di School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, fokus riset Peta adalah aktivisme berbasis seni, ritual sekuler, dan metode kolaborasi inovatif yang berlandaskan pada "kegembiraan radikal" (radical joy) serta pemaknaan bersama secara komunal. Peta adalah seorang faux-Scot (berdarah Skotlandia semu) dengan banyak alter ego dan hobi yang terlalu banyak untuk dihitung.