Tracy Farr is an Australian-born, New Zealand-based writer and former research scientist.
Her debut novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt was shortlisted for the 2014 WA Premier's Book Awards and the 2014 Barbara Jefferis Award, and longlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Tracy's short fiction has been published in anthologies, literary journals and popular magazines, and broadcast on Radio New Zealand. She won the 2014 Sunday Star-Times Short Story Award for her story Once had me, and other stories have been commended and shortlisted for awards in New Zealand and Australia.
Born in Melbourne, Tracy grew up in Perth, and studied Science and Arts at the University of Western Australia. Since 1996 she’s lived in Wellington, New Zealand. Her debut novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (Fremantle Press, 2013) was longlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award, as well as shortlisted for the 2014 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards and the 2014 Barbara Jefferis Award.