Melissa Lucashenko

Melissa Lucashenko
Lucashenko for Griffith Review in 2019
Born1967 (age 5758)
Brisbane, Australia
OccupationWriter
NationalityAustralian
GenreAdult literary fiction, literary non-fiction and novels for teenagers
Notable worksToo Much Lip
Notable awardsMiles Franklin Award
Website
www.melissa-lucashenko.com

Melissa Lucashenko is an Indigenous Australian writer of adult literary fiction and literary non-fiction, who has also written novels for teenagers.

In 2013 at the Walkley Awards, she won the "Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words) Award" for her piece Sinking Below Sight: Down and Out in Brisbane and Logan. In 2019, she won the Miles Franklin Award for Too Much Lip.