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Sorensen鈥檚 acclaimed debut novel The Lucky Galah has received numerous literary accolades, including a longlisting for this year鈥檚 Miles Franklin Award. She will use the residency to work on her next novel, the story of a woman鈥檚 advanced abdominal cancer as told from the point of view of her threatened and affected organs.

Made possible by University alumnus and donor Judy Harris, the residency includes a $100,000 grant and access to resources and staff at the . The centre鈥檚 research focuses on easing the burden of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and related conditions.

Chosen from a shortlist of accomplished Australian writers including James Bradley, Angela Betzien, Fiona Wright and Jane Gleeson-White, Sorensen will also draw on her own experience of as a peritoneal cancer patient in 2014.

鈥淢y interest in the world of my own guts was heightened - to the point of epiphany - during my treatment,鈥� she said. Now free of the disease for five years, she has used the ensuing period to write.

Based in Bathurst, Sorensen will split her residency between the centre鈥檚 Sydney and campuses.

鈥淪orensen鈥檚 proposal shows a strikingly original idea born of lived experience together with a really expansive creative spirit and willingness to truly experiment with new literary forms,鈥� said , the inaugural writer in residence and a member of this year鈥檚 judging panel.

The Judy Harris Writer in Residence fellowship was previously known as the Charles Perkins Centre Writer in Residence. Other former recipients are playwright , and .聽 聽

Charles Perkins Centre Academic Director Steve Simpson said Judy Harris鈥� ongoing generosity has created an invaluable link between the sciences and the arts.

鈥淭he program is hugely beneficial not just to the Fellows, but to our centre, to the field of Australian literature and to the future of this country鈥檚 healthcare,鈥� he said.