Lucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel ''

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'', which won the Branford Boase award 2010 in the UK, and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. Her second book, ''Flyaway'', was shortlisted for the

2010 Costa Book Awards The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, then ...

and the 2010

Waterstone's Children's Book Prize The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is there ...

. She currently lives between Australia and the United Kingdom and has just finished her first book for an adult audience, RELEASE.

Life

Lucy grew up in Australia and attended

Mentone Girls' Grammar School , motto_translation = Nothing truer than Truth , established = 1899 , type = Independent, single-sex, day school , denomination = Anglican , slogan = Mentone Girls. Remar ...

,. She works as a senior lecturer at in Creative Writing at UTAS, Tasmania. She studied for an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University after which she became course director. She visited the school of

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"Instituto Verde Valle" in

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. There she gave a conference about her books.

Bibliography

*''

'' (2009/2010) or in Spanish ''Robada una carta a mi secuestrador'' *''Flyaway'' (2012) *''The Killing Woods'' (2013) or in Spanish ''El bosque del verdugo'' *''Storm-wake'' (5 April 2018) *''Shadow'' (2019) *''The Queen on Our Corner'' (2021) *''Release'' (2022)

Awards

Branford Boase award The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding children's or young-adult novel by a first-time writer; "the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist." The award is sha ...

Printz Honor Award The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". It is sponsored by ''Booklist'' magazine; administered by the ALA's y ...

*Southern Schools Book Award *Gold Inky *Hull Children's Book Award

References

External links

Branford Boase Award
Living people Australian women novelists Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Mentone Girls' Grammar School Alumni of Bath Spa University Australian children's writers 21st-century Australian writers University of Tasmania faculty {{Australia-writer-stub