Neal Drinnan
Neal Drinnan | |
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| Born | Neal Macrae Drinnan 4 September 1964 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | novelist, Owner of Cow Lick Bookshop |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1980s-present |
| Notable works | Glove Puppet, Izzy and Eve, Rare Bird of Truth, The Devil's Grip |
Neal Drinnan is an Australian writer.[1] He won the Lambda Literary Award in the Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror category,[2] and was a nominee in the Gay Fiction category, for his 2006 novel Izzy and Eve at the 19th Lambda Literary Awards.
Originally from Melbourne, Victoria,[3] Drinnan has been primarily based in Sydney and regional Victoria.
He has published six novels and non-fiction travel guides for LGBT tourism in Australia. He was also the editor of Fruit Salad: A Compote of Contemporary Gay & Lesbian Writing, an anthology of Australian LGBT writing published by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras committee in 1997, and has had several short stories published in anthologies.[4]
Works
Fiction
- Glove Puppet (1998, ISBN 0140267891)
- Pussy's Bow (1999, ISBN 0140282475)
- Quill (2000, ISBN 0140290990)
- Izzy and Eve (2006, ISBN 1931160465)
- Rare Bird of Truth (2010, ISBN 9780731814572)
- Rural Liberties (2017, ISBN 9789887794806)
Non-fiction
- Out in Sydney (1998, ISBN 9780646348322)
- The Rough Guide to Gay and Lesbian Australia (2001, ISBN 9781858288321)
- The Devil's Grip (2019, ISBN 9781760851187)
References
- ^ "Putting the word out for gay writers". The Age, 19 January 2012.
- ^ "Lambda Lit Award winners announced". Q-Notes, 30 June 2007.
- ^ "Secrets of the pen". Australasian Business Intelligence, 5 August 2001.
- ^ "The Penguin Book of Gay Australian Writing". Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 2002.
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