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# Anna Spargo Ryan - working writer,  editor, and prize-winning published author
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/anna-spargo-ryan/
- Published: 2020-08-31T23:03:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T13:31:35.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: podcast, women, writing, #wp, #Import 2026-10-03 23:30

This time on [Conversations with Annie & Kate](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAgT1MYIT7XIY3CA3qAanrw?ref=katecarruthers.com) our guest is [Anna Spargo Ryan](https://blog.annaspargoryan.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com). Anna is a working writer, editor, and a prize-winning published author. She is also a digital marketer who worked on the iconic Aussie TV show Neighbours and for the Formula One. We had a fascinating chat with Anna - in particular about her journey to calling herself a writer.

> [Anna Spargo-Ryan](https://blog.annaspargoryan.com/about/?ref=katecarruthers.com) is the Melbourne-based author of The Gulf and The Paper House, and a winner of the Horne Prize. Her short fiction has been published in *The Big Issue, Island, Kill Your Darlings* and *The Lifted Brow*. She has also written for the *Guardian*, *ELLE*, *Meanjin* and *Good Weekend*, among other publications.