Inga Simpson is an Australian novelist and nature writer.
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She is the author of seven works of fiction: Once We Were Wildlife, The Thinning, Willowman, The Last Woman in the World, Where the Trees Were, Nest and Mr Wigg.
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Understory: a life with trees was Inga's first book-length work of nature writing. She has also published two books for children, The Book of Australian Trees and The Peach King.
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Inga began her career as a professional writer for government before gaining a PhD in creative writing. In 2011, she took part in the Queensland Writers Centre Manuscript Development Program and, as a result, Hachette Australia published her first novel, Mr Wigg, in 2013.
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She has since gained a second PhD, in English literature, which examined the history of Australian nature writing.
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Inga's short stories and essays have appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, On this Ground: Best Australian Nature Writing, Wonderground, Review of Australian Fiction, Griffith Review, Clues and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. She was also the winner of the final Eric Rolls Nature Essay Prize.
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Inga was born in central west NSW. After living in Canberra, Brisbane, and the Sunshine Coast hinterland, she has settled on the far south coast of NSW.
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Inga's next work of nature writing, A Treelover's Guide to Australia will release November 2026.
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