Question: Facts: - residence: east coast of scotland - birth date: 1961 - image size: 150px - birth place: melbourne , australia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of meaghan delahunt .
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meaghan delahunt -lrb- born 1961 -rrb- is a novelist .she was born in melbourne , australia and now lives on the east coast of scotland .in 2004 she was writer in residence in the management school at st andrews university , and she now lectures in creative writing at the university of stirling .in 1997 she won the flamingo/hq national short story prize in australia .delahunt 's first novel , '' in the blue house '' -lrb- bloomsbury , 2001 -rrb- , won a regional commonwealth prize for best first book in 2002 , the saltire award for first novel , a scottish arts council book of the year award , was longlisted for the orange prize and shortlisted for christina stead prize for fiction in the new south wales premier 's literary awards .her second novel , '' the red book '' -lrb- granta , 2008 -rrb- , was shortlisted for the saltire book of the year award for 2008 .delahunt was awarded a unesco aschberg literature residency and scottish arts council bursary in 2000 and an asialink literature residency in 2002 .