Image of Jasmin reading at a podium. She's wearing a shirt with two figures kissing. She has a pink headband and plaits.

Jasmin is a Torres Strait Islander and African American author and editor. She has completed a Master of Writing Editing and Publishing at the University of Queensland and a Master of Philosophy (in creative writing). She has spent time as a black&write! editor intern and was a winner of a 2019 Next Chapter Fellowship with the Wheeler Centre and 2022 Nakata Brophy Prize. She has written for Overland, Kill Your Darlings, SBS Voices, Griffith Review and has had work highly commended for the 2020 ABR Elizabeth Short Story Competition. Jasmin’s passions have always been writing and reading and she is the proud author of Ash Barty’s Little Ash Series.  

Illustration of three brown people in colourful clothes reading.

Photograph Credit: Joe Ruckli, 2021

About Jasmin

An illustrated spread of brown an black people in colourful clothes reading together. Books are scattered around them.

About the Artwork

A headshot image of Savi Ross in a pink shirt with medium curly black hair.

The vibrant and colourful artwork featured on this website was done by Jasmin’s sibling, Savi Ross! You can find more information about them below!

Savi Ross is an African American, Torres Strait Islander illustrator based in Narrm Melbourne. As a queer, non-binary artist, their work celebrates the joy, relationships, and identities of queer people of colour. Savi’s illustrations often feature intimate scenes, playful colour, and, most importantly, people of colour loving themselves, each other, and their bodies.

Photograph Credit: Nisha Hunter, 2023