MsMichelle de Kretser

Associations

• co-founder of postgraduate journal, Antithesis

Awards and Honours

• 2023 Rathbones Folio Fiction Prize (UK) for 'Scary Monsters'
• 2023 'Scary Monsters' shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize (UK)
• 2022 'Scary Monsters' shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize
• 2022 'Scary Monsters' shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award
• 2019 Christina Stead Prize for fiction for The Life to Come
• 2018 Miles Franklin Award for The Life to Come
• 2014 NSW Premier's Book of the Year Award for Questions of Travel
• 2014 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for Questions of Travel
• 2014 NSW Multicultural Award for Questions of Travel (joint winner)
• 2013 Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel
• 2013 Prime Ministers Literary Award for Fiction for Questions of Travel
• 2013 Western Australian Premier's Prize and Award for Fiction for Questions of Travel
• 2008 NSW Premier's Book of the Year Award for The Lost Dog
• 2008 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for The Lost Dog
• 2008 ALS Gold Medal for The Lost Dog

In the Media

• 11/07/2022 - interviewed in The Sydney Morning Herald: ‘A form of creative death’: Writer Michelle de Kretser’s fear of becoming stale