About Steven Carroll
Born 1949. Steven Carroll is an Australian writer, novelist, theatre critic, teacher and musician.
Steven Carroll (born 1949) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and studied at La Trobe University. He has taught English at secondary school level, and drama at RMIT. 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 Sydney Morning Herald.
Awards and nominations
2002: Miles Franklin Award, Shortlisted, The Art of the Engine Driver 2005: Miles Franklin Award, Shortlisted, The Gift of Speed 2008: Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the SE Asia and Pacific Region, Winner, The Time We Have Taken
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