Andrew
O’Connor

Diploma of Education student Mr Andrew O’Connor has received a national literary prize for his first novel.

Mr O’Connor (pictured), who lives in Warragul in Gippsland, won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for his book Tuvalu.

He wrote the prize-winning novel while studying by distance education through the Gippsland campus and living on the family farm in Warragul.

Previously, Mr O’Connor studied Arts at the University of Melbourne, taught English in Japan and worked and travelled in central and northern Australia.