Bitin' Back

Vivienne Cleven was born in 1968 in Surat and grew up in western Queensland, homeland of her Aboriginal heritage. She left school at 13 to work with her father as a jillaroo: building fences, mustering cattle and working at various jobs on stations throughout Queensland and New South Wales. In 2000 Cleven won the David Unaipon Award with her manuscript for Bitin' Back. In demand at literary events and workshops, she has published articles and fiction in anthologies, magazines and journals. Her second novel, Her Sister's Eye (2002), won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and the Kate Challis RAKA Award for Creative Prose. Cleven lives in the bush, and is currently studying for a PhD and working on her latest novel.

Sara Terry is a Yamatji actor with connections to Noongar Country and the Pilbara; she is currently living on Wurundjeri Country. Like many blakfullas in WA her childhood involved road trips, moving around and ending up in Perth to complete school. Since she could talk, Sara wanted to perform, enjoying drama and eventually studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Moving to Melbourne in 2021 she currently works as a ranger, while spending her spare time auditioning, weaving and reading romantasy. Sara is deeply inspired by her matriarchal line, which has taught her to always trust her gut. Sara has narrated Bitin' Back by Vivienne Cleven for Bolinda audio.