Chloe Melisande Hooper (born 1973) is an Australian author. Her first novel, ''A Child’s Book of True Crime'' (2002), was short-listed for the

Orange Prize The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

for Literature and was a ''New York Times'' Notable Book. In 2005, she turned to reportage and the next year won a

Walkley Award The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ...

for her writing on the

2004 Palm Island death in custody The 2004 Palm Island death in custody incident relates to the death of an Aboriginal resident of Palm Island, Cameron Doomadgee (also known as "Mulrunji") on Friday, 19 November 2004 in a police cell. The death of Mulrunji led to civic disturb ...

case. '' The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island'' (2008) is a non-fiction account of the same case. Her 2019 book, ''The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire'', published in the United States by

Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press is an independent American publishing company. Based in New York City, the company was founded by Dan Simon in 1995, after establishing Four Walls Eight Windows in 1984 as an imprint at Writers and Readers, and then incorpo ...

in 2020, investigates the

Black Saturday bushfires The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that either ignited or were already burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009, and were among Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters. T ...

, one of the most devastating wildfires in Australian history.

Books

* ''A Child's Book of True Crime'' (2002) * '' The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island'' (2008) (released as ''Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee'' in the USA) * ''The Engagement'' (2012) * ''The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire'' (2019) * ''Bedtime Story'' (2022)

Awards and recognition

Hooper was a recipient of a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, an award of given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders. *Shortlisted 2002

. for (''A Child's Book of True Crime'') *Winner 2006

. for her articles in ''

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'' on the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island. *Winner 2008 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Award for Non-Fiction category, for ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2008 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Book of the Year, for ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2009

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, t ...

. Won the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction for the ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2009

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 ...

Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction The Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has a remuneration of 25,000. The winner of this category p ...

for ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2009

Australian Book Industry Awards The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) are publishers' and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association annually in Sydney "to celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers". ...

for General Non-fiction for ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2009 John Button Prize for Writing for Young Adults for ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2009 Queensland Premier's Literary Non-Fiction Book Award for ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2009 Indie Award for Non-fiction for ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2009

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 Best True Crime for ''Tall Man'' *Winner 2009

Davitt Award The Davitt Awards are literary awards which are presented annually by the Sisters in Crime Australia association. The awards are named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812–1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, ''Force and Fraud'' in 186 ...

s for Best True Crime for ''Tall Man'' *Shortlisted 2008 Human Rights Award for Non-fiction for ''Tall Man'' *Shortlisted 2008

for Non-fiction for ''Tall Man'' *Shortlisted 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards for Book of the Year for ''Tall Man'' *Shortlisted 2009 Queensland Premier's Award for Advancing Public Debate for ''Tall Man'' *Shortlisted 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards for Gleebooks for ''Tall Man'' *Shortlisted 2009

Prime Minister's Literary Award The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts. *Shortlisted 2019

Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction The Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has a remuneration of 25,000. The winner of this category p ...

for ''The Arsonist'' *Longlisted 2019

Stella Prize The Stella Prize is an Australian annual literary award established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in all genres, worth $50,000. It was originally proposed by Australian women writers and publishers in 2011, modelled on the UK's Baileys W ...

References

External links

''The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island''

Items by Chloe Hooper
in ''

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Chloe Hooper discusses her book 'The Tall Man' at the Sydney Writers Festival
video on ABC Fora * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, Chloe 1973 births Living people Australian women novelists Ned Kelly Award winners 21st-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian women writers Walkley Award winners University of Melbourne alumni Columbia University School of the Arts alumni 21st-century non-fiction writers Australian non-fiction crime writers Australian crime fiction writers People educated at Lauriston Girls' School Fulbright alumni