Simone Lazaroo

Simone Lazaroo was born in Singapore, and migrated with her family to Western Australia in 1963. She lectures in Creative Writing at Murdoch University in Perth.

Simone is the author of two award-winning novels: THE WORLD WAITING TO BE MADE and THE AUSTRALIAN FIANCE. Her prizes include the T.A.G Hungerford Award, the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Fiction and a shortlisting in the Kirriyama Rim Pacific Prize in 2000 with Carlos Fuentes and Michael Ondaatje. Her short stories have been anthologised in England and Australia. Simone was a regional judge for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in 2004.

Simone’s latest novel, SUSTENANCE, is published by UWA Press.

She lives in Fremantle, WA.