Peggy Frew
Biography
Peggy Frew's debut novel, House of Sticks, won the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. Her story 'Home Visit' won The Age short story competition. She has been published in New Australian Stories 2, Kill Your Darlings, The Big Issue, and Meanjin. Peggy is also a member of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Melbourne band Art of Fighting. Her latest novel is Hope Farm.
Awards
- Longlisted for the 2016 Indie Book Awards
- Shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize
- Longlisted for the 2016 The Australian Book Industry Awards - General Fiction Book of the Year
- Shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award
- Shortlisted for the 2016 Australian Book Design Association Awards, The Inkerman & Blunt Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
- Longlisted for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award
- Winner of the 2016 The Barbara Jefferis Award