Jarrah was raised on Bundjalung country in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. His debut novel Hey Brother, about the challenges faced by a teenage boy when his brother returns from war in Afghanistan, was selected for a Byron Writers Festival Residential Mentorship, a Varuna fellowship and shortlisted for the Australian/Vogel Literary Award. Jarrah is a board member for WritingNSW and a current Creative Australia grant recipient.
Jarrah is convening the KRAW Writer in Residence Program and will be appearing at Literary Allsorts as part of the Meet the Resident Writer Panel.
