Bio
Daniel Ducrou is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia.
He has published numerous short stories, poems and arts reviews in street press, anthologies and magazines. He has a BA with an English Literature major from Flinders University, which was completed on a study abroad scholarship in the UK. During university, he co-edited an anthology of short stories and poetry entitled Infusion, which was published by Wakefield Press; and co-edited the Flinders University Student Magazine, Empire Times.
He has been mentored by best selling novelists: Linda Jaivin (Eat Me and The Infernal Optimist) and Marele Day (Mrs Cook: The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain’s Wife), and has worked with Varuna’s artistic director and manuscript developer, Peter Bishop. In recent years, he has worked on collaborative projects with people from a wide range of creative backgrounds including visual artists, filmmakers, web-designers and musicians.
His first novel, Conditions of Return, was shortlisted for the 2007 Australian / Vogel Literary Prize and the 2008 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for an Unpublished Manuscript.
