Author Evie Wyld has beaten some of the country's most lauded writers to win this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Wyld was in good company, with other finalists including record four-times winner Tim Winton as well as Richard Flanagan and Alexis Wright.
Her book All The Birds Singing, about a female sheep shearer, won the coveted prize announced in a ceremony in Sydney tonight.
The judges said the book was a perfect example of meeting the criterion of presenting "Australian life in any of its phases".
They said the story draws the reader into its rhythm and mystery with beautifully crafted prose.
Wyld, who takes home a cheque for $60,000, said the Miles Franklin was the one literary award she has always wanted to win.
"Tim Winton has won it so many times and all of my heroes are past winners," she told the ABC after the announcement of the award.
"[Winton and Flanagan] were kind of my favourites [to win] as well. I loved both of their books - I reviewed Tim's book in the papers back home, I love Richard's book.
"It feels a little bit obscene but I'm so grateful."
Wyld runs a small independent bookshop in London and said despite the difficulties facing the book business, there will always be a place for the written word.
"It is a tricky time but the good thing about books is they always can exist in some form or another," she said.
"Fifty years from now they will still be written and read. They might be a different shape, they might be in a different language, but books will survive I think."
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