Helen Trinca

Helen Trinca is an Australian journalist and author. After stints as managing editor, European correspondent, and editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine, she is editor of the business magazine insert The Deal at The Australian . ^[1]

Background

Trinca was born in Perth and graduated from the city's University of Western Australia with a BA in English and anthropology. ^[2] She began her career in journalism on The West Australian . She moved to Sydney in 1980. ^[3]

A former contributor to the Griffith Review ^[4] and Australasian Business Intelligence , ^[5] Trinca previously held senior positions at The Sydney Morning Herald . ^[6]

Writing

Her third book, Madeleine, is a biography of Madeleine St John, ^[7] who was the first Australian female writer to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1997. ^[8] Trinca's book was a joint winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. ^[9]

Trinca was shortlisted for the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of Australian writer, Elizabeth Harrower. ^[10] Titled Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower, it was published in July 2025. ^[11]

Bibliography

• Waterfront: The Battle that Changed Australia, (Doubleday (publisher)/Transworld, 2000) co-authored with Anne Davies, ISBN   1864710233 ^[12]
• Better than Sex: How a Whole Generation Got Hooked on Work, (Random House Australia, 2004) co-authored with Catherine Fox, ISBN   1740511964 ^[13]
• Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John, (Text Publishing, 2013) ISBN   9781921922848 ^[14]
• Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower. La Trobe University Press. July 2025. ISBN   9781760645755.

References

1. "Helen Trinca, Editor The Deal". The Australian . Retrieved 17 June 2025.
2. "Helen Trinca, Schools of Humanities, Social Sciences and Music". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
3. "Helen Trinca, Contributor". Griffith Review . Retrieved 3 December 2017.
4. "Like a Tourist with Benefits". Griffith Review (47): 91–96. 2015. ISSN   1839-2954 . Retrieved 17 June 2025– via Trove.
5. "Stephen Covey: Kick the control habit". Australasian Business Intelligence . 20 September 2004. ISSN   1320-6680 . Retrieved 17 June 2025– via Trove.
6. "Helen Trinca". ABC Radio National (interviewed by Margaret Throsby). 15 November 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
7. Kretser, Michelle de (20 April 2013). "Portrait of a troubled lady". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 3 December 2017.
8. • Halion, Kevin. "Man Booker Prize: Shortlists & Winners". www.e-anglais.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
   • "Stella Prize longlist announced". The New Daily . 14 February 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
9. Shaw, Martin (9 December 2014). "The Prime Minister's Literary awards: the ties that bind". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 December 2017.
10. "2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship shortlist announced". Books+Publishing . 11 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
11. Trinca, Helen (July 2025). Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower. La Trobe University Press. ISBN   9781760645755.
12. "Waterfront: The Battle that Changed Australia" (Trove library record). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
13. "Better than Sex: How a Whole Generation Got Hooked on Work" (Trove library record). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
14. "Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John" (Trove library record). Retrieved 17 June 2025.