Jock Serong Explained

Jock Serong
Birth Name:Justin Serong
Language:English
Nationality:Australian
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Period:2014-
Genre:Historical fiction
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Awards:Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, ARA Historical Novel Prize, Staunch Prize

Jock Serong is an Australian writer.[1]

Serong grew up in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs and completed his secondary education at Xavier College in Kew. From years 4-8 he attended Xavier’s Kostka Hall junior campus in Brighton. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 with an LLB.[2] He now resides in Port Fairy in regional Victoria with his wife and children.[3]

He is a former lawyer, and also majored in archaeology at university.[4] He co-edited the short-lived journal Great Ocean Quarterly established in 2013.[5]

Bibliography

Preservation, The Burning Island and The Settlement are a trilogy of historical novels set in and around the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait and south-east Australia.

He contributed to the collection Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined (Fremantle Press, 2022).

Awards

Awards 
ARA Historical Novel PrizeThe Burning Island, winner 2021[6]
The Settlement, shortlisted 2023
Colin Roderick AwardThe Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017[7]
On the Java Ridge, winner 2018[8]
The Settlement, longlisted 2023[9]
Ned Kelly AwardQuota, winner 2015, Best First Novel[10]
The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017, Best Novel[11]
Staunch Book PrizeOn the Java Ridge, winner 2018[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Austlit — Jock Serong . Austlit. 5 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Kostka Hall Social History Project . 2024-02-15 . Xavier.
  3. Web site: The perfect seaside town? A visitor's guide to Port Fairy Victoria holidays The Guardian . 2024-02-19 . amp.theguardian.com.
  4. Web site: Steger . Jason . 2021-10-22 . I hated history at school. Now I’ve won $50,000 for a historical novel . 2024-02-04 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  5. Web site: Steger . Jason . 2020-08-28 . Bookmarks: Surf's up for Serong and the Great Ocean Quarterly . 2024-02-04 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  6. Web site: Austlit — HNSA Historical Novel Prize . Austlit. 5 February 2024.
  7. Web site: Austlit — Colin Roderick Award . Austlit. 5 February 2024.
  8. News: ‘On the Java Ridge’ wins 2018 Colin Roderick Award Books+Publishing. 5 February 2024. en-AU.
  9. Web site: Austlit — Colin Roderick Award . Austlit. 5 February 2024.
  10. Web site: 2015 Ned Kelly Award Winners. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151019121357/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/261. 2015-10-19. 5 February 2024. Australian Crime Writers.
  11. Web site: 2017-09-01. Announcing the 2017 Ned Kelly Award Winners. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170903072938/https://www.austcrimewriters.com/content/announcing-2017-ned-kelly-award-winners. 3 September 2017. 5 February 2024. Australian Crime Writers.
  12. Web site: 2018-11-26. Award for thriller without violence against women goes to Jock Serong. 5 February 2024. the Guardian. en.

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