Tracy Sorensen
Tracy Sorensen | |
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Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Notable works | The Lucky Galah |
Tracy Sorensen is an Australian novelist, filmmaker and academic.[1]
Career[]
Sorensen is a tutor and lecturer at Charles Sturt University and has published five academic papers.[2]
In February 2018 her debut novel The Lucky Galah was published through Pan MacMillan.[3] It has been shortlisted and longlisted in multiple awards (see below).
In August 2019, Sorensen was awarded the Judy Harris Writer in Residence Fellowship at the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre.[4]
Personal life[]
Sorensen grew up in a remote area of Western Australia.[5] She currently lives in Bathurst where she is undertaking a PhD.[6][7]
Bibliography[]
Novels
- The Lucky Galah (Pan MacMillan, 2018)
Awards[]
The Lucky Galah
- The UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing (2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards) — Shortlisted[8]
- The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction (2018) — Shortlisted[9]
- The Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction (2019) — Longlisted[10]
- Russell Prize (2019) — Shortlisted[11]
- Miles Franklin Award (2019) — Longlisted[12]
References[]
- ^ "The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen". Booktopia. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Tracy Sorensen". Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "The Lucky Galah". Pan MacMillan. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Kembrey, Melanie (30 August 2019). "Tracy Sorensen named 2019 Judy Harris Writer in Residence". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen".
- ^ "Tracy Sorensen - Faculty of Arts". Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Jacinta Dimase Management Tracy Sorensen". Jacinta Dimase Management. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Readings announces 2018 New Australian Fiction Award shortlist". Books+Publishing. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Indie Book Awards 2019 longlists announced". Books+Publishing. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2019 shortlist announced". Books + Publishing. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Miles Franklin 2019 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- 21st-century Australian novelists
- 21st-century Australian women writers
- Australian women novelists
- Writers from Western Australia
- Charles Sturt University faculty
- Living people
- Australian writer stubs