Laura Elizabeth Woollett

Laura Elizabeth Woollett is the Australian author of a short story collection, The Love of a Bad Man, and three novels, Beautiful Revolutionary in 2018, The Newcomer in 2021, and West Girls in 2023. The Love of a Bad Man was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction and the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. Beautiful Revolutionary was shortlisted for the 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and the Kathleen Mitchell Award. Laura was the City of Melbourne’s 2020 Boyd Garret writer-in-residence and a 2020–22 Marten Bequest scholar for prose. She is currently working on her first nonfiction book.

Laura Elizabeth Woollett adalah penulis Australia yang dikenal dengan kumpulan cerpen berjudul The Love of a Bad Man dan tiga novelnya, Beautiful Revolutionary dari tahun 2018, The Newcomer dari tahun 2021, dan West Girls dari tahun 2023. The Love of a Bad Man masuk dalam daftar pendek Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction dan Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. Sedangkan Beautiful Revolutionary masuk nominasi Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction 2019, Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, dan Kathleen Mitchell Award. Laura adalah penulis residensi Boyd Garret Kota Melbourne tahun 2020 dan penerima beasiswa Marten Bequest untuk prosa tahun 2020–2022. Saat ini, ia sedang mengerjakan buku nonfiksinya yang pertama.