Tricia Dearborn

Tricia Dearborn is a poet, writer and editor. She was born in Glen Innes, New South Wales and grew up in Bathurst. She moved to Sydney to go study (graduating with an Honours degree in Biochemistry and a Master of Arts). Her poems, short stories and reviews have appeared in literary journals in Australia and the US, including Southerly, Westerly, Island and Antipodes. Her first collection of poetry, Frankenstein's bathtub, was published in 2001 by Interactive Press. In that year, she also received a New Work grant for poetry from the Literature Board of the Australia Council, and won first prize in the University of Canberra National Short Story Competition. Tricia featured in the Red Room Company's 'New and Selected Summer Series'. Listen to her read her poem 'Frankenstein's bathtub'.