Steven Carroll (born 1949) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and studied atLa Trobe University. He has taught English at secondary school level, and drama atRMIT. He has been Drama Critic forThe Sunday Age newspaper in Melbourne.

His 2001 novelThe Art of the Engine Driver was inspired by a dream taking him back to his childhood in Glenroy in the fifties.^[1]

Steven Carroll is now a full-time writer living in Melbourne with his partner, the writerFiona Capp,^[2] and their son.^[3] As of 2019, he also writes the non-fiction book review column for theSydney Morning Herald.^[4]

• 2002:Miles Franklin Award, Shortlisted,The Art of the Engine Driver^[5]
• 2005:Miles Franklin Award, Shortlisted,The Gift of Speed^[5]
• 2005:Prix Femina (France), Shortlisted for Best Foreign Novel,The Art of the Engine Driver
• 2008:Miles Franklin Award, Winner,The Time We Have Taken^[6]
• 2008:Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the SE Asia and Pacific Region, Winner,The Time We Have Taken^[6]
• 2013:Prime Minister's Literary Award, Joint Winner for Fiction,A World of Other People^[6]
• 2015:Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Shortlisted,Forever Young^[6]
• 2016:Prime Minister's Literary Award, Shortlisted for Fiction,Forever Young^[6]
• 2018:Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Shortlisted,A New England Affair^[6]
• 2025:International Dublin Literary Award, Longlisted,Death of a Foreign Gentleman^[7]

• Remember Me, Jimmy James (1992)
• Momoko (1994)
• The Love Song of Lucy McBride (1998)
• The Lovers' Room (2007) [revised version ofMomoko]
• Twilight in Venice (2008) [this is a substantially re-written and abridged version ofThe Love Song of Lucy McBride], also published asThe Last Venetian
• O (2021)
• Death Of A Foreign Gentleman (2024)

• The Art of the Engine Driver (2001)
• The Gift of Speed (2004)
• The Time We Have Taken (2007)
• Spirit of Progress (2011)
• Forever Young (2015)
• The Year of the Beast (2019)

• The Lost Life (2009)
• A World of Other People (2013)
• A New England Affair (2017)
• Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight (2022)

• Dooley, Gillian (November 2008)."Review of "The Time We Have Taken""(PDF).Transnational Literature.1 (1).
• Allington, Patrick (September 2011). "Everyday profundity".Australian Book Review (334):25–26. Review ofSpirit of Progress.
• Anderson, Don (April 2013)."Dove descending".Australian Book Review.350: 20. Retrieved7 August 2015. Review ofA world of other people.

• Interview with Deborah Bogle in "The Advertiser", 10 March 2007[1]
• Transcript of interview from the radio program "The Book Show", 20 June 2008[2]
• Podcast of interview with Louise Swinn, 20 July 2008[3]
• "Open Page with Steven Carroll".Australian Book Review (334): 68. September 2011.
• Gillian Dooley, "Reinventing Lives: A Conversation with Steven Carroll" in "Writers in Conversation", February 2019[4]

• Works by Steven Carroll atOpen Library

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