Eda Gunaydin is a Turkish–Australian essayist and researcher whose writing explores class, Western Sydney, intergenerational trauma and diaspora. She is the current Parramatta Laureate in Literature. She has been published widely in Meanjin, HEAT, Sydney Review of Books, Cordite, and others. Her debut essay collection Root & Branch: Essays on Inheritance won the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) Matt Richell Prize in 2023.