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Sienna Brown
Photo Credit: © Sienna Brown. Photograph by Lauren Orrell

Sienna Brown

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Sienna Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Canada. But it wasn’t until a move to Sydney that she came across William Buchanan’s story and was struck with a sense of fate – this story of a lost man far from home resonated with her own feelings of displacement.
A lifelong storyteller and daughter of Jamaican parents, Sienna was captivated by William’s story and the way it intersected with her own cultural background. She is a professional dancer, film editor and documentary director by trade, and worked at Sydney Living Museums, where she first came across William’s story. She is currently
working on her second novel.

Books by Sienna Brown

Master Of My Fate

Winner of the MUD Literary Prize for the best debut literary novel by an Australian writer.
A novel about one man’s journey to become his own master, from slavery in Jamaica, through to eventual freedom in colonial New South Wales. Based on a true story.

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