Will Elliott

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Will Elliott
Born 1979
Occupation Writer
Nationality Australian
Period 2002 to present[1][2]
Genres Horror fiction
Literary fiction
www.will-elliott.org

Will Elliott (born 1979) is an Australian literary horror fiction writer who lives in Brisbane, Queensland.

His debut novel The Pilo Family Circus was published in Australia in 2006 after winning the inaugural ABC Fiction Award (sponsored by ABC Books).[1][4] The novel went on to win the Aurealis Award (co-winner: Best Horror novel, plus the Golden Aurealis Award),[5][6][7] the Australian Shadows Award,[8][9] the Ditmar Award (Best Novel),[10][11], the Sydney Morning Herald's "Best Young Novelist Award" for 2007[3] and the 'Premios Nocte' Best Foreign Book Award 2011. [12] The Pilo Family Circus also short-listed for the 2007 International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel.[13] The Pilo Family Circus has been picked up for North American distribution by Victoria Blake's new publishing company, Underland Press and was scheduled to be one their debut novels in 2009.

Elliott dropped out of a law degree at 20 when he developed schizophrenia.[3] Although The Pilo Family Circus is about a young man struggling with a psychotic alter-ego when he dons clown face paint, Elliott has said the novel is not autobiographical.[1]

Elliott has written some short stories. His first published story "Ain't no ordinary ham" (Griffith Review, Sept 2006) was reprinted in Best Australian Stories 2006, ed. Robert Drewe (Black Ink, 2006).

Elliott's memoir "Strange Places" was released in Australia on 1 May 2009, chiefly dealing with Elliott's experiences with schizophrenia and detailing the development of his writing career. It was short-listed for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Non-fiction in 2010.[14]

His most recent published work is "The Pendulum Trilogy" consisting of the three novels Pilgrim, Shadow and World's End. Pilgrims was published on 1st April 2010, Shadow on 1st January 2011 and World's End on 1st October 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers Australia. [15]

Elliott is currently working on a comic fantasy entitled Nightfall. [16]


Contents

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

Pendulum Series

  • Pilgrims (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)
  • Shadows (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)
  • World's End (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

[edit] Non-fiction

  • Strange Places (ABC Books)

[edit] Short stories

[edit] Awards

[edit] Wins

[edit] Nominations

[edit] Reviews

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Timms, Aaron (26 October 2006). "The fear of clowns". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ a b Carroll, David and Ward, Kyla (2006). "Clown Prince: Interview with Will Elliott" Tabula Rasa website. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Wyndham, Susan (2 June 2007) "The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists 2007" Sydney Morning Herald Entertainment blog.
  4. ^ Bray, Nick (15 Sept 2006). "A dark underworld". The Courier-Mail.
  5. ^ Kemble, Gary (29 Jan 2007). "Elliott wins top Aurealis Award" ABC online news (Articulate).
  6. ^ Nahrung, Jason (3 Feb 2007). "Horror a hit" The Courier Mail.
  7. ^ Aurealis Awards winners archive Retrieved 16 September 2007.
  8. ^ Kemble, Gary, (17 March 2007). "Elliott wins Australian Shadows award". ABC online news (Articulate).
  9. ^ Siemienowicz, Miranda (16 March 2007). "News: Australian Shadows winner announced". HorrorScope
  10. ^ Convergence 2 official 2007 Ditmar winners announcement (June 2007). Retrieved 16 September 2007.
  11. ^ Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive. Retrieved 16 September 2007.
  12. ^ Tynjala, Tanya (December 27 2011). Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  13. ^ International Horror Guild Award 2007 shortlist.
  14. ^ Office for the Arts "2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards"
  15. ^ HarperCollins (2010). "Will Elliott from HarperCollins Publishers Australia"
  16. ^ (2011) "About Will"

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[edit] External links

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