Neal Drinnan is an Australian writer. He won the

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in the Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror category, and was a nominee in the Gay Fiction category, for his 2006 novel ''Izzy and Eve'' at the 19th Lambda Literary Awards. Originally from

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, Drinnan has been primarily based in Sydney and regional Victoria. He has published six novels and non-fiction travel guides for

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in Australia. He was also the editor of ''Fruit Salad: A Compote of Contemporary Gay & Lesbian Writing'', an anthology of Australian LGBT writing published by the

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committee in 1997, and has had several

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published in anthologies."The Penguin Book of Gay Australian Writing"
'' Sydney Morning Herald'', 26 October 2002.

Works

Fiction

*''Glove Puppet'' (1998, ) *''Pussy's Bow'' (1999, ) *''Quill'' (2000, ) *''Izzy and Eve'' (2006, ) *''Rare Bird of Truth'' (2010, ) *''Rural Liberties'' (2017, )

Non-fiction

*''Out in Sydney'' (1998, ) *''The Rough Guide to Gay and Lesbian Australia'' (2001, ) *''The Devil's Grip'' (2019, )

References

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* 20th-century Australian novelists 20th-century Australian male writers 21st-century Australian novelists Australian male short story writers Australian non-fiction writers Australian gay writers Australian LGBT novelists Writers from Melbourne Living people Lambda Literary Award winners 1964 births Australian male novelists 20th-century Australian short story writers 21st-century Australian short story writers 21st-century Australian male writers Male non-fiction writers {{Australia-writer-stub