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Stephen
Scourfield is an award-winning author of fiction and
non-fiction books. He has twice been named Australia's
best travel writer, in 2011 and 2009.
His next book of fiction, Unaccountable Hours: Three Novellas, is published by UWA Press in February 2012. The fortunes of a maker of musical instruments, the ethical dilemma of a biologist and birdwatcher, and the romantic friendship between a young man and aged woman are all firmly set in and defined by the Australian landscape.
His novel Other Country, published in Australia by Allen and
Unwin, was the fiction winner in the WA Premier’s Book Awards 2007, shortlisted in the Commonwealth Writers Prize and longlisted for the 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. See Publications for reviews and downloadable reader notes, and see Awards.
In essays and short stories, his book Connected, published in Australia by St George Books, follows themes that form the basis of association and belief.
His previous book, Travel Etcetera: The World on Another Plane, is an interpretive global literary journey.
A photographic book, Western Australia: An Untamed View, contains images and text gathered over more than half a million kilometres of travel in mostly remote regions.
He is Travel Editor of The West Australian in Perth, on the west coast of Australia, and was judged Australia’s Best Travel Writer in the National Travel Industry Awards in both 2011 and 2009. He is a recipient of a United Nations Media Award. |
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