Anna Krien is an Australian journalist, essayist, fiction and nonfiction writer and poet.
Krien has contributed to a number of Australian publications, including The Monthly, The Age, The Big Issue, The Best Australian Essays,[1] Griffith Review, Voiceworks, Going Down Swinging, Colors, Frankie and Dazed & Confused.[2]
Krien has written poetry for a number of years. Her poem, "The Last Broadcasters", won the 2008 Val Vallis Award and "Horses" was included in The Best Australian Poems 2010.[3]
In 2014 she became only the second woman to win the £25,000 (A$47,000) William Hill Sports Book of the Year award since its inception 1989.[4]
Krien has written two contributions to the Quarterly Essay — "Us & Them: On the Importance of Animals"[5] and "The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock".[6] In 2019 she joined the judging panel for the Horne Prize.[7] As of 2019 she was based in Melbourne, Victoria.[8]
Krien was a recipient of a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, an award of A$160,000 given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders.[9]