Chris Womersley (born 1968 in
Melbourne
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,
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) 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.
[Australian Crime Fiction Database]
/ref> He lives in Melbourne.
Awards
* 1998, The Australian Short Story Competition: commended for "Men and Women"
* 2006, Victorian Premier's Literary Award
The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Government with the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. As of 2013, it is reportedly Australia's richest literary p ...
, Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer: shortlisted for ''The Low Road'' Ned Kelly Awards
The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to reward ...
for Crime Writing, Best First Novel: winner for ''The Low RoadALS Gold Medal
The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the ...
: shortlisted for ''Bereft''
* 2011, Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...
, shortlisted for ''Bereft''
Bibliography
Novels
*'' The Low Road'' (2007)
*''Bereft
Bereft may refer to:
* ''Bereft'' (film), 2004 American television film
* ''Bereft'' (TV series)
* ''Bereft'' (novel)
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'' (2010)Scribe Publishing website
* ''
Cairo (novel)'' (2013)
*''City of Crows'' (2017)
*''The Diplomat'' (2022)
Short stories
*''A Lovely and Terrible Thing'' (2019)
References
External links
Author's websiteAuthor's page at Scribe PublicationsMiles Franklin websiteAust Crime Fiction Database: Chris Womersley
Australian crime writers
Australian poets
1968 births
Living people
Australian male novelists
Ned Kelly Award winners
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