Introduction
Trent Dalton is an Australian journalist and literary fiction author.
Career
Dalton works as a staff writer for The Weekend Australian and previously for The Courier-Mail. In 2018 he published Boy Swallows Universe through 4th Estate, which was longlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award.
In May 2019 the adaptation rights for Boy Swallows Universe were won by Anonymous Content, Chapter One and Hopscotch Features, to be directed by Australian actor and director Joel Edgerton.
Awards
Australian Book Industry Awards
- 2019: Winner: ABIA Book of the Year Boy Swallows Universe
- 2019: Winner: Literary Fiction Book of the Year Boy Swallows Universe
- 2019: Winner: The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year Boy Swallows Universe
- 2019: Winner: Audio Book of the Year Boy Swallows Universe (Narr. Stig Wemyss)
Indie Book Awards
- 2019: Winner: Debut fiction Boy Swallows Universe
Queensland Literary Awards
2019: Shortlisted: Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance
2019: Shortlisted: The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award
Voss Literary Prize
2019: Shortlisted
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
2019: Shortlisted: Christine Stead Prize for Fiction
2019: Winner: UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing