Jock Serong
Australian writer
Jock Serong is an Australian writer.
Serong grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Bayside and completed his secondary education at Xavier College in Kew. From years 4 to 8 he attended Xavier College's Kostka Hall junior campus in Brighton. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 with an LLB. He now resides in Port Fairy in regional Victoria with his wife and children.
He is a former lawyer, and also majored in archaeology at university. He co-edited the short-lived journal Great Ocean Quarterly established in 2013.
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)
A Suitable Man – The Eccentric Empire of Fletcher Jones. HarperCollins Australia. 2026. ISBN 978-1460767177.
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