Tracy Farr is a writer who used to be a scientist. She has two novels – The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (love, loss, music) and The Hope Fault (family, anxiety, geology) – out in the world, and a third novel, Wonderland, in the wings.
Tracy’s debut novel, The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt, was longlisted for Australia’s Miles Franklin Literary Award, and shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award and Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards. It was published in ANZ (2013), UK and US (2015).
Her second novel, The Hope Fault, was published in ANZ (2017), UK, US and Italy (2018). The Hope Fault was adapted for the stage by the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts for their 2019 season.
Her third novel, Wonderland, was awarded the 2024 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize, and will be published in 2025 by The Cuba Press.
Tracy’s short fiction has won awards (including the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Award), been published in anthologies and literary journals, and adapted for radio. She is co-curator, with Melbourne writer Jenny Ackland, of Bad Diaries Salon – a live literary series that features writers reading, to a theme, from their diaries and unpublished notebooks – and its sister project Bad Diaries Podcast.
Tracy was born in Melbourne, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. For nearly 30 years she’s lived in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
More information
Read Tracy’s profile at Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
Links to interviews with Tracy
Download a mid-res author photo
Photo credit: Ebony Lamb 2022