Lucy Treloar | |
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Born | Malaysia |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 2003- |
Notable works | Salt Creek |
Notable awards | 2016 Dobbie Literary Award |
Lucy Treloar is an Australian novelist. [1]
Her first novel, Salt Creek, won the 2016 Dobbie Literary Award [2] and was shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award [3] and the 2016 Walter Scott Prize. [4] Her second novel, Wolfe Island, won the 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award [5] and was shortlisted for both the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction in 2020. [6]
Treloar was born in Malaysia, grew up in England and Sweden, before moving to Melbourne, Victoria. [1] She has a BA (Hons) in fine arts from the University of Melbourne and a diploma of professional writing and editing from RMIT University. [7]
In 2014 she won the Pacific regional prize in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her short story "The Dog and the Sea". [8]
Lucy Treloar | |
---|---|
Born | Malaysia |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 2003- |
Notable works | Salt Creek |
Notable awards | 2016 Dobbie Literary Award |
Lucy Treloar is an Australian novelist. [1]
Her first novel, Salt Creek, won the 2016 Dobbie Literary Award [2] and was shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award [3] and the 2016 Walter Scott Prize. [4] Her second novel, Wolfe Island, won the 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award [5] and was shortlisted for both the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction in 2020. [6]
Treloar was born in Malaysia, grew up in England and Sweden, before moving to Melbourne, Victoria. [1] She has a BA (Hons) in fine arts from the University of Melbourne and a diploma of professional writing and editing from RMIT University. [7]
In 2014 she won the Pacific regional prize in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her short story "The Dog and the Sea". [8]