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Michelle de Krester

Michelle de Krester
Michelle de Krester 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 five novels, including the Miles Franklin Award winners Questions of Travel and The Life to Come, the Man Booker Prize long-listed 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. On Shirley Hazzard is available now from Catapult.


On Shirley Hazzard and the Antipodean Gaze

Michelle de Kretser on One of Australia's Great Writers
March 9, 2020  By Michelle de Krester
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