Traudi Allen

Traudi Allen is a Melbourne writer and art historian who has published five books and numerous articles on Australian art. After working in television and radio current affairs she regularly contributed interviews and documentaries on art subjects to ABC radio talks programmes. Her early books include a biography of Clifton Pugh, a monograph on the work of John Perceval and an analysis of the Melbourne Roar group. More recently she has lectured in contemporary Australian art and published a text titled 'Cross-currents in Australian contemporary art'. Her latest art book is 'Homesickness: nationalism in Australian visual culture'.

She is currently working on a novel of literary fiction and is publishing a series titled 'The House series of picture books for children'.