Chris Womersley
Chris Womersley | |
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| Born | 1968 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1998- |
| Notable works | The Low Road |
| Notable awards | Ned Kelly Awards 2008 |
Chris Womersley (born 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian author of crime fiction, short stories and poetry. He trained as a radio journalist and has travelled extensively to such places as India, South-East Asia, South America, North America, and West Africa.[1] He lives in Melbourne.
Awards
- 1998, The Australian Short Story Competition: commended for "Men and Women" [2]
- 2006, Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer: shortlisted for The Low Road
- 2007, Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize: winner for "The Possibility of Water"[3]
- 2008, Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel: winner for The Low Road
- 2011, ALS Gold Medal: shortlisted for Bereft[4]
- 2011, Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted for "Bereft".[5]
Note: references are provided on the individual award pages.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Low Road (2007)
- Bereft (2010)[6]
- Cairo (novel) (2013)
- City of Crows (2017)
Short stories
- A Lovely and Terrible Thing (due May 2019)
References
- ^ Australian Crime Fiction Database
- ^ "The Australian Short Story Competition". Auslit. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Josephine Ulrick Prizes > Literature Prize Past Winners". Griffith University. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "ALS Gold Medal: The shortlist for the ALS Gold Medal for 2011". ASAL. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ "The 2011 Shortlist". Miles Franklin Literary Award. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Scribe Publishing website Archived 12 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Author's website
- Author's page at Scribe Publications
- Miles Franklin website
- Aust Crime Fiction Database: Chris Womersley
- The Age newspaper website
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