Lucy Treloar
{{short description|Australian novelist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Lucy Treloar
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| birth_place = Malaysia
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| occupation = Novelist
| language = English
| nationality = Australian
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| notableworks = Salt Creek (2015)
| awards = Dobbie Literary Award (2016)
Barbara Jefferis Award (2020), (2024)
| years_active = 2003 – Present
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Lucy Treloar is an Australian novelist.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lucy Treloar|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A137883|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-29|website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|language=en}}
Education
Treloar was born in Malaysia, grew up in England and Sweden, before moving to Melbourne, Victoria. 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.{{Cite web |date=2016-08-26 |title=Lucy Treloar |url=https://www.copyright.com.au/profile/lucy-treloar/ |access-date=2020-12-29 |website=Copyright Agency |language=en-US}}
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".{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-05-16 |title=Treloar wins regional prize in 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/05/16/30266/treloar-wins-regional-prize-in-2014-commonwealth-short-story-prize/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-12-29 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}
Her first novel, Salt Creek, won the 2016 Dobbie Literary Award{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-07-25|title=Kibble and Dobbie Awards 2018 winners announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/07/25/112077/kibble-and-dobbie-awards-2018-winners-announced/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}} and was shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-05-29|title=Miles Franklin Literary Award 2016 shortlist announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/05/29/57867/miles-franklin-literary-award-2016-shortlist-announced/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}} and the 2016 Walter Scott Prize.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-03-29|title=Treloar shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/03/29/53773/treloar-shortlisted-for-walter-scott-prize/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}} Her second novel, Wolfe Island, won the 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-19|title=Treloar wins 2020 Barbara Jefferis Award|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/11/19/159817/trelor-wins-2020-barbara-jefferis-award/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}} and was shortlisted for both the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction in 2020.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-16|title=Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/11/16/159553/prime-ministers-literary-awards-2020-shortlist-announced/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}} Her third novel was joint winner of the Barbara Jefferis Award in 2024{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=Saleh and Treloar joint winers of 2024 Barbara Jefferis Award |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/11/14/262074/saleh-and-treloar-joint-winers-of-2024-barbara-jefferis-award/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |publisher=Books+Publishing}} and was shortlisted for the 2025 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-30 |title=NSW Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2025/04/30/270941/nsw-literary-awards-2025-shortlists-announced/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}
Works
= Books =
- {{Cite book |author1=Treloar |first=Lucy |title=Salt Creek |date=2015 |volume= |pages= |publication-date= |publisher=Picador Australia |isbn=978-1-74353-903-3}}
- {{Cite book |author1=Treloar |first=Lucy |title=Wolfe Island |date=2019 |volume= |pages= |publication-date= |publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia |isbn=978-1-76055-315-9}}
- {{Cite book |author1=Treloar |first=Lucy |title=Days of Innocence and Wonder |date=2023 |volume= |pages= |publication-date=2023 |publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia |isbn=978-1-76098-273-7}}
= Essay =
- "Writing the Apocalypse", in Meanjin, vol. 79, no. 2, June 2020, pages 26–36
= Short stories =
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