Carrie Tiffany (born 1965) is an English-born Australian

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

and former

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Biography

Tiffany was born in Halifax,

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and migrated to Australia with her family in the early 1970s. She grew up in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. In her early twenties she worked as a park ranger in Central Australia. She moved to Melbourne in 1988 where she began work as a writer, focusing mainly on

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. Tiffany took up writing fiction and completed a creative writing course. She completed a master's degree in Creative Writing at

RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city ...

and is working towards her doctorate at

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria an ...

. Tiffany's debut novel, '' Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living'', was a remarkable success on its release in 2005, winning several awards and shortlisted for some major awards, including the

Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...

and the

Orange Prize The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

. Her second novel, ''Mateship with Birds'', was published in 2012, while her third novel, ''Exploded View'', was published in 2019 to critical acclaim.

Awards and nominations

*''Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living'' ::*2003 won the

Victorian Premier's Literary Award The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Government with the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. As of 2013, it is reportedly Australia's richest literary p ...

for an unpublished manuscript ::*2005 won the Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction ::*2006 shortlisted for the

Guardian First Book Award The Guardian First Book Award was a literary award presented by ''The Guardian'' newspaper. It annually recognised one book by a new writer. It was established in 1999, replacing the Guardian Fiction Award or Guardian Fiction Prize that the newspap ...

::*2006 shortlisted for the

::*2007 winner of the Dobbie Encouragement Award ::*2006 shortlisted for the

Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction The Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has an remuneration of 25,000. The winner of this category prize vi ...

::*2007 shortlisted for the

Orange Prize for Fiction The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

*''Mateship with Birds'' ::*2012 shortlisted for the

::*2012 shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature Best Writing Award ::*2013 won the inaugural

Stella Prize The Stella Prize is an Australian annual literary award established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in all genres, worth $50,000. It was originally proposed by Australian women writers and publishers in 2011, modelled on the UK's Baileys W ...

::*2013 shortlisted for the

::*2013 won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, th ...

::*2013 shortlisted for the

Women's Prize for Fiction The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

*''Exploded View'' ::*2019 won the University of Queensland Fiction Book Award ::*2020 shortlisted for the

::*2020 shortlisted for

ALS Gold Medal The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the ...

::*2020 shortlisted for

Voss Literary Prize The Voss Literary Prize is an annual award named in honour of historian Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss (1930–1963). It is awarded to the best novel published in the previous year and is managed and judged by the Australian University Heads of Engli ...

Bibliography

* '' Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living'' (Pan Macmillan Australia, 2005) * ''

Mateship with Birds ''Mateship with Birds '' is a 2012 novel by Australian novelist Carrie Tiffany which won the inaugural 2013 Stella Prize. Notes * Dedication: For Peter Reviews * ''The Guardian'' * ''The Monthly'' Awards and nominations * 2013 inaugural w ...

'' (Pan Macmillan Australia, 2012) * ''Exploded View'' (Text Publishing, 2019)

Notes

References

Guardian First Book Award 2006
Guardian News and Media Limited (Retrieved 1 August 2007)
Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, Shortlist 2007, Wednesday 1 August 2007
(retrieved 1 August 2007)

Booked Out Agency (Retrieved 1 August 2007)

State Library of Victoria (Retrieved 1 August 2007)

External links

''Rules for Scientific Living'' reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar
Orange Prize (Retrieved 1 August 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiffany, Carrie 1965 births Living people RMIT University alumni English emigrants to Australia Australian women novelists