Chris Else (born 1942) is the New Zealand author of novels, collections of short stories, and poems.

Biography

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in the United Kingdom, Chris Else emigrated to New Zealand in 1956. He was educated at

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and the

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. Else has worked in teaching, bookselling and data-processing. Currently he is a literary agent, technical writing consultant and partner with his wife and fellow novelist,

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, in a Wellington editorial agency
TFS Literary Agency and Manuscript Assessment Service
which among other contributions is credited by

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for ‘visionary advice’ in the acknowledgments to ''

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''. While he was at the Auckland Teachers' Training College, he was awarded the 64 Literature Cup in successive years, 1965 and 1966. In 2005, he was elected President o
The New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ)
In 2007, he was appointed Chairman of Directors o
Copyright Licensing Limited
and in that year also was Writer in Residence at

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. In 2011, Else was awarded the Autumn Residency at th
Michael King Writers’ Centre
in Devonport, Auckland, to work on a major new novel which explores how New Zealand society began to change in the 1960s and 1970

Literary works

Novels

Dates given record the date of first publication: * 1992. ''Why Things Fall'', Tandem Press * 1998. ''Brainjoy'', Tandem Press * 2001. ''The Beetle in the Box'', Random House (Vintage) * 2004. ''On River Road'', Random House (Vintage) * 2007. ''Black Earth White Bones'', Random House (Vintage) * 2008. ''Gith'', Random House (Vintage) * 2019. ''Waterline,'' Quentin Wilson Publishing

Stories

* 1981. ''Dreams of Pythagoras'', Voice Press * 1997. ''Endangered Species'', Hazard Press

References

'Chris Else' in ''The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature'', ed. Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (1998)

External links

New Zealand Literature File
with complete list of Works By and Works About

Elseware

Ventiak.com
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