CV

Short Bio

Julienne van Loon is the prizewinning author of three novels and one non-fiction book, and a leading member of the Writing and Publishing program at RMIT University in Melbourne.

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Books

The Thinking Woman, New South, 2019

Harmless, Fremantle Press, 2013

Beneath the Bloodwood Tree, Allen & Unwin, 2008

Road Story, Allen & Unwin, 2005

Selected Shorter Works

Novella

'Instructions for a Steep Decline'

Award-winning fiction published in Griffith Review 66: The Light Ascending, 2019.

Essay

'Where do writers get their ideas from?'

Originally given as a public lecture as part of RMIT's Present Tense series in Melbourne, this developed essay was published in The Sydney Review of Books in 2017.

Short story

'Wild Dog'

This short story, adapted from one of the Jataka Tales in the Theravada Buddhist canon, was published in the inaugural edition of The Monthly in 2005.

Literary Awards

2020

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for Non Fiction

Highly commended for 'The Thinking Woman'

2019

Griffith Review Novella Project VII

Winner for 'Instructions for a Steep Decline'

2006

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book (SE Asia & South Pacific)

Shortlisted for 'Road Story'

2005

West Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction

Shortlisted for 'Road Story'

2004

The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award

Winner for 'Road Story'

Selected Fellowships

Appointed Honorary Fellow in Writing, University of Iowa, 2017.

Appointed Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University, 2015-2019