‘Laurie Steed writes in the great tradition of Australian storytellers, unearthing the extraordinary in the ordinary. His work is an important contribution to the sociological exploration of Australia and its complex and often contradictory sense of self.’
Judges’ Report, 2024 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
Laurie Steed is a novelist and short story writer whose debut novel, You Belong Here, was published in 2018 and shortlisted for the 2018 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards. Laurie’s memoir, Love, Dad: Confessions of An Anxious Father, was published in 2023 and his third book, the short story collection Greater City Shadows, was shortlisted for the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award and published in 2024.
Laurie has a PhD in Creative Writing from The University of Western Australia. His work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in Best Australian Stories, Award-Winning Australian Writing, The Age, Meanjin, Overland, Island, Westerly, Australian Book Review, Kill Your Darlings, The Big Issue, and The Courier Mail.
Laurie’s writer’s workshops, manuscript assessments and mentoring services regularly book out. Over the years, he has helped countless writers become published authors so get in touch if you’d like to work with Laurie.
‘Steed’s skill is undeniable, and Greater City Shadows is a worthy achievement...a hopeful, smart collection.’
David Burton, Arts Hub
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'Greater City Shadows is heart-warming and heart-breaking, tender, funny and vulnerable, and it cements Steed’s reputation as a perceptive and talented storyteller.'
Jen Bowden, Westerly
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AWARDS
WINNER
2021 Henry Handel Richardson Flagship Fellowship
SHORTLISTED
2018 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
FELLOW
2014 Sozopol Fiction Seminars
WINNER
2012 Patricia Hackett Prize
FELLOW
2012 University of Iowa Graduate Fiction Workshop
SHORTLISTED
2012 Bridport Prize
RECIPIENT
2022 Minderoo Foundation Artist Fund
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My father, Dr Duncan Steed, died on April 17, 2023, just under a week shy of his seventy-eighth birthday. The plan, I think, was for me to write about my dad and then we’d celebrate him while he was still around to see it.