Craig Sherborne (born 1962) is an Australian poet, playwright and novelist. He was born in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

and attended Scots College there before studying drama in London. He lives in Melbourne.

Awards

* ''The Ones Out of Town'', 1989 winner Wal Cherry Play of the Year Award for Best Unproduced Play * ''Hoi Polloi'' 2006 shortlisted

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 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 ...

— The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction * ''Hoi Polloi'' 2007 highly commended

National Biography Award The National Biography Award, established in Australia in 1996, is awarded for the best published work of biographical or autobiographical writing by an Australian. It aims "to encourage the highest standards of writing biography and autobiography ...

* ''Muck'' 2008 shortlisted

— The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction * ''Muck'' 2008 winner

Queensland Premier's Literary Awards The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were an Australian suite of literary awards inaugurated in 1999 and disestablished in 2012. It was one of the most generous suites of literary awards within Australia, with $225,000 in prize money across ...

— Best Non-Fiction Book * ''The Amateur Science of Love'' 2011 shortlisted

— The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction * ''The Amateur Science of Love'' 2012 winner Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award * ''The Amateur Science of Love'' 2012 shortlisted

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, th ...

— UTS Award for New Writing * ''Tree Palace'' 2015 shortlisted

Miles Franklin Literary 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 ...

Bibliography

Novels

* ''The Amateur Science of Love'' (2011) * '' Tree Palace'' (2014) * ''Off the Record: A novel'' (2018) * ''The Grass Hotel'' (2022)

Poetry

;Collections * ''Necessary Evil'' (2006) ;List of poems

Drama

* ''The Ones Out of Town'' (1989) * ''Look at Everything Twice, For Me'' (1999) * ''Off the Record'' (2004)

Autobiography

* ''Hoi Polloi'' (2005) * ''Muck'' (2007)

References

1962 births Living people 21st-century Australian novelists Australian poets Australian dramatists and playwrights Quadrant (magazine) people {{Australia-writer-stub