Matthew Condon
| Matthew Condon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | Australian |
Matthew Condon (born 1962) is a prize-winning Australian writer and journalist.
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[edit] Biography
Educated at the University of Queensland and the Goethe Institute, Bremen, Germany,[1] he is the author of ten novels and short story collections, including The Lulu Magnet, A Night at the Pink Poodle, The Motorcycle Cafe, The Pillow Fight and, most recently, The Trout Opera,[2] an epic novel that took him more than ten years to write and examines the Australian character through its chief protagonist, Wilfred Lampe, a rabbiter and farm hand who spends his entire life in the township of Dalgety, on the banks of the Snowy River. The Sydney Daily Telegraph described the novel as "an instant classic". The novel will be published by Doubleday in the UK in 2009.
Condon, who now writes for The Courier-Mail and is the father of two children, is based in Brisbane, Australia.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
- The Motorcycle Cafe, 1988
- Usher, 1991
- The Ancient Guild of Tycoons, 1994
- A Night at the Pink Poodle, 1995
- The Pillow Fight, 1998
- Lime Bar, 2001
- The Trout Opera, 2007
- Mulligan: On Being a Hack Golfer, 2007
[edit] Short fiction
- "Tattoo" (1996) in Original Sin (ed. Robyn Sheahan)
[edit] Short story collections
- The Lulu Magnet, 1996
[edit] Non-Fiction
- Brisbane, 2010, written about the city Brisbane, where Matthew grew up.
[edit] Children's Fiction
- The Tunnel, 1997
[edit] Edited
- Smashed: Australian Drinking Stories, 1996
[edit] Awards and nominations
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Fiction, 1989: shortlisted for The Motorcycle Cafe
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1992: shortlisted for Usher
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1995: shortlisted for The Ancient Guild of Tycoons
- Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story, 1996: shortlisted for "Tattoo"
- Warana Writers' Awards, Steele Rudd Award, 1996: winner for A Night at the Pink Poodle
- Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award, 1997: joint winner for The Lulu Magnet
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2008: shortlisted for The Trout Opera
- Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, 2008: shortlisted for The Trout Opera
- Australia-Asia Literary Award, 2008: longlisted[3]
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