Melanie Cheng

Melanie Cheng is a writer and general practitioner and author of The Burrow, a literary gem shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. She was born in Adelaide, grew up in Hong Kong and now lives in Melbourne. Her debut collection of short stories, Australia Day, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript in 2016 and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction in 2018. Room for a Stranger, her highly acclaimed first novel, was published in 2019.

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