Tess Smurthwaite

Tess Smurthwaite is a Research Development Officer in the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Arts, where she works as a coordinator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures and the Initiative for Peacebuilding.

Tess has qualifications in art history and arts and cultural management, and has previously worked for Melbourne University Publishing, the Mietta Song Competition and the Abbotsford Convent Foundation. She was Fiction Editor and Deputy Editor of Australian literary journal Meanjin from 2016–2024. Tess has edited several Australian novels and short story collections in a freelance capacity, and has worked as a tutor for students of publishing and editing.