To celebrate the end of 2018, we've re-released our highest rating fiction interviews of the year: #3 is Michelle de Kretser.

Michelle was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia when she was 14. Educated in Melbourne and Paris, Michelle was an editor for Lonely Planet and founding editor of the Australian Women's Book Review before devoting herself to literary fiction.

This interview was recorded shortly before Michelle received the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Michelle's works include:

The Life to Come (2017), awarded the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the 2018 Stella Prize

Springtime (2014)

Questions of Travel (2012), awarded the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award, the ALS Gold Medal, and the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction

The Lost Dog (2007), longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction, awarded the 2008 NSW Premier's Book of the Year Award, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the 2008 ALS Gold Medal

The Hamilton Case (2003), awarded the Commonwealth Prize (SE Asia and Pacific region) and the UK Encore Prize

The Rose Grower (1999).

Related episode:

Michelle appeared in our bonus episode featuring four of the writers shortlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Read the complete transcript of our interview with Michelle at thegarretpodcast.com.

You can find more than 80 interviews with writers talking about writing at thegarretpodcast.com. The Garret is hosted by Astrid Edwards, who you can follow on Twitter or Instagram.

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