James McKenzie Watson Book List

James McKenzie Watson writes fiction with a focus on health and rural Australia. His novel Denizen won the 2021 Penguin Literary Prize as well as a 2021 Varuna Residential Fellowship and a 2021 KSP Residential Fellowship. His writing has appeared in Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings and the Newtown Review of Books. He works as a nurse in regional New South Wales.


Stand Alone

Denizen (2022)


Critical Acclaim

Denizen:

  • Winner 2021 Penguin Literary Prize
  • 2021 Varuna Residential Fellowship
  • 2021 KSP Residential Fellowship