Chris Womersley

Chris Womersley (born 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian author of crime fiction, short stories and poetry. He trained as a radio journalist and has travelled extensively to such places as India, South-East Asia, South America, North America, and West Africa.[1] He lives in Melbourne.

For the New Zealand alpine skier, see Chris Womersley (alpine skier).

Chris Womersley
Born1968
Melbourne, Victoria
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Notable worksThe Low Road
Notable awardsNed Kelly Awards 2008
Years active1998-

Awards
  • 1998, The Australian Short Story Competition: commended for "Men and Women" [2]
  • 2006, Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer: shortlisted for The Low Road
  • 2007, Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize: winner for "The Possibility of Water"[3]
  • 2008, Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel: winner for The Low Road
  • 2011, ALS Gold Medal: shortlisted for Bereft[4]
  • 2011, Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted for "Bereft".[5]

Note: references are provided on the individual award pages.

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories
  • A Lovely and Terrible Thing (due May 2019)

References
  1. Australian Crime Fiction Database
  2. "The Australian Short Story Competition". Auslit. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  3. "Josephine Ulrick Prizes > Literature Prize Past Winners". Griffith University. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  4. "ALS Gold Medal: The shortlist for the ALS Gold Medal for 2011". ASAL. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  5. "The 2011 Shortlist". Miles Franklin Literary Award. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. Scribe Publishing website Archived 12 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine


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