June Duncan Owen

June Duncan Owen is an Australian author. Her non-fiction book, Mixed Matches : Interracial Marriages in Australia, published in 2002 by UNSW Press, is the first full-length study of Australian mixed marriages and identifies a significant demographic trend. By 2030 it is estimated that 75% of Australian families will have an interracial marriage in their own family or in their extended family. The book shows the impact of interracial marriage in Australian society, how society has changed, with the majority of Australians accepting mixed marriages when once they were not only rare but provoked hostility and even hate.

Owen, of Anglo-Scot background, has been married for over 45 years to a Malaysian man of Sinhalese and Indian parentage. At the time they were married such marriages in Australia "were considered unusual and even shameful".

Owen graduated from the University of Sydney with an MA in history and also has a diploma in social science from the University of Adelaide. She has worked as a social worker in Adelaide and Singapore; as a teacher in South Australia and Victoria and has farmed in Tasmania.

Owen has been writing professionally for more than 20 years and has had five books published. 2007 Winner Biennial Book Awards - Fiction: Worm in the Bud 2005 novel.