Helen Trinca is an Australian journalist and author. She is currently[when?] the managing editor of The Australian.[1]
Trinca was born in Perth and graduated from the city's University of Western Australia with a BA in English and anthropology.[2] She began her career in journalism on The West Australian. She moved to Sydney in 1980.[3]
A former contributor to the Griffith Review[4] and Australasian Business Intelligence,[5] Trinca previously held senior positions at The Sydney Morning Herald.[6]
Her third book, Madeleine, is a biography of Madeleine St John,[7] who was the first Australian female writer to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1997.[8] Trinca's book was a joint winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.[9]
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