Bio
Daniel Ducrou, Byron Bay. Photo by Samuel Smith.
Daniel Ducrou is a writer based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been mentored by best selling novelists Linda Jaivin and Marele Day as well as Varuna’s artistic director, Peter Bishop. He has worked on collaborative projects with people from a wide range of creative backgrounds including visual artists, filmmakers, web-designers and musicians, and currently works for City of Yarra Council on the Aboriginal History of Fitzroy Project and the Smith Street Consultation. Most recently he was published in Sleepers Almanac No 5.
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was shortlisted for the 2007 Australian / Vogel Literary Prize and the 2008 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for an Unpublished Manuscript. It has now been picked up by Text Publishing and is due for release in mid 2010.
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