Raelke Grimmer

Writer | Photographer | Linguist

I acknowledge the Larrakia people as the Traditional Custodians of the beautiful lands on which I live, work and create, and pay my respects to Elders past, present and future. I acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and that I continue to live and work on unceded land. I extend this respect to the Traditional Custodians of all the lands across the Australian continent.

Raelke Grimmer is a young adult author, analogue photographer and linguist living on Larrakia Country in Garramilla/Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Her debut young adult novel, White Noise (UWA Publishing, 2024) won the 2026 IBBY Australia Ena Noël Award, was selected as a Children’s Book Council of Australia 2025 Notable work in the young adult category, and shortlisted for the 2025 Readings Prize for Young Adult Fiction.

Raelke is Dean, Academy of the Arts at Charles Darwin University. White Noise is Available from your local independent bookstore or UWA Publishing.