Michèle Drouart

Michèle Drouart was born in Sydney. She lived overseas for several years before returning to Australia where she now resides in Perth. Her memoir Into the Wadi, a winner of the WA Premier’s Book Award, tells of the year she spent in a Muslim Arab village in Jordan. Her story ‘offers a contemplative, unstereotypical look at the complexities of cross-cultural experience’ (Journal of Middle Eastern Women’s Studies, Indiana University, 2006). Michèle manages her own business teaching courses in Creative Writing (beginner to advanced). She is also a freelance editor, with focus on assessments and editing for aspiring writers.

Awards

Winner, Western Australian Premier’s Book of the Year Award, 2001

Books available from Fremantle Press

• Into the Wadi 2000

Website

• www.webace.com.au/~drouart/