Jock Serong

Jock Serong is an Australian writer.^[1]

Jock Serong
Born	Justin Serong
Language	English
Nationality	Australian
Education	Xavier College Melbourne University
Period	2014-
Genre	Historical fiction
Notable awards	Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, ARA Historical Novel Prize, Staunch Prize
Website
www.jockserong.com

Serong grew up in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs and completed his secondary education at Xavier College in Kew. From years 4-8 he attended Xavier’s Kostka Hall junior campus in Brighton.^[2] He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 with an LLB.^[3] He now resides in Port Fairy in regional Victoria with his wife and children.^[4]

He is a former lawyer, and also majored in archaeology at university.^[5] He co-edited the short-lived journal Great Ocean Quarterly established in 2013.^[6]

Bibliography

• Quota (Text Publishing, 2014)
• The Rules of Backyard Cricket (Text Publishing, 2016)
• On the Java Ridge (Text Publishing, 2017)
• Preservation (Text Publishing, 2019)
• The Burning Island (Text Publishing, 2020)
• The Settlement (Text Publishing, 2022)
• Cherrywood (Fourth Estate, 2024)

Preservation, The Burning Island and The Settlement are a trilogy of historical novels set in and around the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait and south-east Australia.

He contributed to the collection Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly's Songs Reimagined (Fremantle Press, 2022).

Awards

Awards
ARA Historical Novel Prize	The Burning Island, winner 2021[7]
	The Settlement, shortlisted 2023[7]
Colin Roderick Award	The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017[8]
	On the Java Ridge, winner 2018[9]
	The Settlement, longlisted 2023[10]
Ned Kelly Award	Quota, winner 2015, Best First Novel[11]
	The Rules of Backyard Cricket, shortlisted 2017, Best Novel[12]
Staunch Book Prize	On the Java Ridge, winner 2018[13]

References

1. "Austlit — Jock Serong". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
2. College, Xavier (2021-09-06), 20210903 Fr Chris chats w Jock Serong about KH ed, retrieved 2024-02-18
3. "Kostka Hall Social History Project". Xavier. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
4. "The perfect seaside town? A visitor's guide to Port Fairy | Victoria holidays | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
5. Steger, Jason (2021-10-22). "I hated history at school. Now I've won $50,000 for a historical novel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
6. Steger, Jason (2020-08-28). "Bookmarks: Surf's up for Serong and the Great Ocean Quarterly". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
7. "Austlit — HNSA Historical Novel Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
8. "Austlit — Colin Roderick Award". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
9. "'On the Java Ridge' wins 2018 Colin Roderick Award | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 5 February 2024.
10. "Austlit — Colin Roderick Award". Austlit. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
11. "2015 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
12. "Announcing the 2017 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. 2017-09-01. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
13. "Award for thriller without violence against women goes to Jock Serong". the Guardian. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 5 February 2024.