Jock Serong is an Australian novelist and journalist. Serong grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Bayside and completed his secondary education at Xavier College in Kew. From years 4 to 8 he attended Xavier College's Kostka Hall junior campus in Brighton. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 with an LLB. He now resides in Port Fairy in regional Victoria with his wife and children. He is a former lawyer, and also majored in archaeology at university. He co-edited the short-lived journal Great Ocean Quarterly established in 2013.
Bibliography +Target/typeSeries/descriptionTitleDatePublisherAdult fictionCrime novelQuota 2014Text PublishingAdult fictionCrime novelThe Rules of Backyard Cricket2016Text PublishingAdult fictionFurneaux trilogy, book 1 (historical novel)Preservation2018Text PublishingAdult fictionThrillerOn the Java Ridge 2019Text PublishingAdult fictionFurneaux trilogy, book 2 (historical novel)The Burning Island 2020Text PublishingAdult fictionFurneaux trilogy, book 3 (historical novel)The Settlement 2022Text PublishingAdult fictionShort story anthologyMinds Went Walking: Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined(editor and chapter "The Fastest Ford in Western Australia")2022Fremantle PressAdult fictionLiterary novelCherrywood 2024Fourth EstateNon-fictionBiographyA Suitable Man – The Eccentric Empire of Fletcher Jones2026HarperCollins The Furneaux trilogy are historical novels set in and around the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait and south-east Australia.
Awards
Awards ARA Historical Novel Prize The Burning Island, winner 2021 The Settlement, shortlisted 2023 Colin Roderick Award The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017 On the Java Ridge, winner 2018 The Settlement, longlisted 2023 Ned Kelly Award Quota, winner 2015, Best First Novel The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017, Best Novel Staunch Book Prize On the Java Ridge, winner 2018
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