Lucy Treloar

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Lucy Treloar is an Australian novelist. Her first novel, Salt Creek, won the 2016 Dobbie Literary Award [1] and was shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award [2] and the 2016 Walter Scott Prize. [3] Her second novel, Wolfe Island, won the 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award [4] and was shortlisted for both the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction in 2020. [5]

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Treloar was born in Malaysia, grew up in England and Sweden, before moving to Melbourne, Victoria. [6] 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]

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Short stories [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2018 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Miles Franklin Literary Award 2016 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Treloar shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize". Books+Publishing. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Treloar wins 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award". Books+Publishing. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Lucy Treloar". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Lucy Treloar". Copyright Agency. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Treloar wins regional prize in 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Lucy Treloar". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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