Liam Patrick Davison (29 July 1957 – 17 July 2014) was an Australian novelist and reviewer. He was born in Melbourne, where, until 2007, he taught

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at the Chisholm Institute in Frankston.

Biography

Davison was educated at St Bede's College, Melbourne and Melbourne Teacher's College. He was awarded the National Book Council's Banjo Award for Fiction in 1993 and shortlisted for several literary prizes such as ''The Age'' Book of the Year Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. His work has appeared in many Australian literary anthologies. He was an occasional reviewer for ''

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'' newspaper. Davison and his wife Frankie, a teacher at

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, were both killed on 17 July 2014 aboard

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, which was shot down over

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Publications

*''The Velodrome'' (1988) *''The Shipwreck Party'' (Short stories) (1989) *''Soundings'' (1993) *''The White Woman'' (1994) *''The Betrayal'' (1999) *''The Spirit of Australia'' (with Jim Conquest) (1999) *''The Florilegium'' (2001) *''Collected Stories'' (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013)

References

External links

Catalogue listing
at the

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