Michelle de Kretser author biography, plus links to books by Michelle de Kretser.

Michelle de Kretser

Michelle de Kretser was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Her family emigrated to Australia when she was a teenager, and she was educated in Melbourne and Paris. She is the author of four previous novels?including the Miles Franklin Award-winning Questions of Travel and the Man Booker Prize-longlisted The Lost Dog?and a novella, Springtime. De Kretser now lives in Sydney with her partner, the poet and translator, Chris Andrews. She is an Honorary Associate of the English Department at the University of Sydney.

This biography was last updated on 03/13/2018.

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