Lucy Treloar

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Lucy Treloar
BornMalaysia
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active2003 – Present
Notable worksSalt Creek(2015)
Notable awards Dobbie Literary Award (2016) Barbara Jefferis Award (2020)

Lucy Treloar is an Australian novelist. [1]

Education

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 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. [2]

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Literary career

In 2014 she won the Pacific regional prize in the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her short story "The Dog and the Sea". [3]

Her first novel, Salt Creek, won the 2016 Dobbie Literary Award [4] and was shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award [5] and the 2016 Walter Scott Prize. [6] Her second novel, Wolfe Island, won the 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award [7] and was shortlisted for both the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction in 2020. [8]

Works

Books

Essay

Short stories [1]

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References

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