Michelle Michau-Crawford Michelle Michau-Crawford i(6522151 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Leaving Elvis Michelle Michau-Crawford , 2023 25906144 2023 single work podcast

'This week we feature the 2013 winner of the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, one of the world's leading prizes for a short story written in English. Michelle Michau-Crawford’s ‘Leaving Elvis’ is a story about regret and unlikely heroes, which has ‘echoes of the distinctive elements of Elizabeth Jolley’s own fiction’, according to the 2013 Jolley Prize judges. The 2023 Jolley Prize is currently open for entries. Listen to Michelle Michau-Crawford, a Western Australian writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, read 'Leaving Elvis'.' (Production summary) 

1 2 y separately published work icon Leaving Elvis : And Other Stories Michelle Michau-Crawford , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2016 9187856 2016 selected work short story

' We’retravelling light, without excess, into our future. Gran had been rough as she uncurled my hands from their position, gripped around the open car doorframe, and shoved me into the passenger seat.

'A man returns from World War II and struggles to come to terms with what has happened in his absence. Almost seventy years later, his middle-aged granddaughter packs up her late grandmother’s home and discovers more than she had bargained for. These two stories book-end thirteen closely linked stories of one family and the rippling of consequences across three generations, played out against the backdrop of a changing Australia.' (Publication summary)

1 Happy Haven Holiday Park Michelle Michau-Crawford , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 59 no. 2 2014; (p. 134-142)
1 2 Leaving Elvis Michelle Michau-Crawford , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 355 2013;
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