Tracie Lark

Tracie aka The Literary Gangster has an array of short stories and poetic musings published in various anthologies and collections including the Melbourne Writer’s Social Group’s 2016 Anthology Melbourne, Short and Twisted 2014 by Celapene Press and her personal book The Longing & Other Fairytale Feelings. She is a high school History and Indonesian language teacher. Tracie is passionate about collaborative projects and likes to include her artist and photographer friends in her projects.

Tracie was a finalist in the Solo Monologue Competition 2013 for her monologue 'Burg and the Bird', and her work has appeared on ABC Earshot, including a radio produced version of her story 'Jean'. Tracie was invited as as special guest to participate the Scone Writers Festival as part of a panel discussion with the topic ‘Keep It Short’ in November 2016 along side authors Cate Kennedy and Jo Riccioni. Tracie’s first ebook, titled 'Hundreds and Thousands: A collection of one hundred word stories', was published on Amazon in 2016.

Tracie spent two years volunteering as magazine editor and writer for TAT, an Australian online magazine. She has a Graduate Certificate in Writing from UNE. She coedited and managed the 2016 Melbourne Writers Social Club anthology. Tracie lived in Indonesia for a year and worked as a volunteer on behalf of the Australian government to help build and implement education resources alongside Balinese artists, and then to train and support Balinese community educators.