Steven Carroll (born 1949) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and studied at

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora, Victoria, Bundoora. The university was established in 1 ...

. He has taught English at secondary school level, and drama at

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. He has been Drama Critic for '' The Sunday Age'' newspaper in Melbourne. His 2001 novel '' The Art of the Engine Driver'' was inspired by a dream taking him back to his childhood in Glenroy in the fifties. Steven Carroll is now a full-time writer living in Melbourne with his partner, the writer Fiona Capp, and their son. As of 2019, he also writes the non-fiction book review column for the ''

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''.

Awards and nominations

* 2002:

Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the Will (law), will of Miles Franklin ...

, Shortlisted, ''The Art of the Engine Driver'' * 2005:

, Shortlisted, ''The Gift of Speed'' * 2005:

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was established in 1904, is awarded to French-language works written in prose or Verse (poetry), verse by male ...

(France), Shortlisted for Best Foreign Novel, ''The Art of the Engine Driver'' * 2008:

, Winner, ''The Time We Have Taken'' * 2008:

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation has presented a number of prizes since 1987. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best First ...

for the SE Asia and Pacific Region, Winner, ''The Time We Have Taken'' * 2013:

Prime Minister's Literary Award The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 Australian federal election, 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts (Aust ...

, Joint Winner for Fiction, '' A World of Other People'' * 2015:

Victorian Premier's Literary Award The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Government with the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. As of 2013, it is reportedly Australia's richest literary ...

, Shortlisted, ''Forever Young'' * 2016:

, Shortlisted for Fiction, ''Forever Young'' * 2018:

, Shortlisted, ''A New England Affair'' * 2025:

International Dublin Literary Award The International Dublin Literary Award (), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. It promotes excellence in world literature and is solely ...

, Longlisted, ''Death of a Foreign Gentleman''

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Remember Me, Jimmy James'' (1992) * ''Momoko'' (1994) * ''The Love Song of Lucy McBride'' (1998) * ''The Lovers' Room'' (2007) evised version of ''Momoko''* ''Twilight in Venice'' (2008) his is a substantially re-written and abridged version of ''The Love Song of Lucy McBride'' also published as ''The Last Venetian'' * ''O'' (2021) *''Death Of A Foreign Gentleman'' (2024)

Glenroy series

* '' The Art of the Engine Driver'' (2001) * '' The Gift of Speed'' (2004) * '' The Time We Have Taken'' (2007) * ''Spirit of Progress'' (2011) * ''Forever Young'' (2015) * ''The Year of the Beast'' (2019)

The Eliot quartet

* ''The Lost Life: A Novel'' (2009) * '' A World of Other People'' (2013) * ''A New England Affair'' (2017) * ''Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight'' (2022)

Critical studies and reviews

* * Review of ''Spirit of Progress''. * Review of ''A world of other people''.

Interviews

* Interview with Deborah Bogle in "The Advertiser", 10 March 200

* Transcript of interview from the radio program "The Book Show", 20 June 200

* Podcast of interview with Louise Swinn, 20 July 200

* * Gillian Dooley, "Reinventing Lives: A Conversation with Steven Carroll" in "Writers in Conversation", February 201

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Steven 1949 births Living people Miles Franklin Award winners Writers from Melbourne 20th-century Australian novelists 20th-century Australian male writers 21st-century Australian novelists Australian male novelists 21st-century Australian male writers