Lucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel Stolen, 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 and the 2010 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.[1][2] She currently lives between Australia and the United Kingdom and has just finished her first book for an adult audience, RELEASE.
Lucy Christopher | |
|---|---|
| Born | Wales |
| Citizenship | Australian and British |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Agent(s) | Greene and Heaton |
| Known for | Stolen |
| Website | lucychristopher.com |
Life
editLucy grew up in Australia and attended Mentone Girls' Grammar School,.[3] 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.[4] She visited the school of Mexico "Instituto Verde Valle" in Guadalajara. There she gave a conference about her books.[citation needed]
Bibliography
edit- Stolen (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
edit- Branford Boase award[5]
- Printz Honor Award[6]
- Southern Schools Book Award[7]
- Gold Inky[8]
- Hull Children's Book Award[9]
References
edit- ^ Brown, Mark (16 November 2010). "Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
The shortlisted children's books – only once the winner of the overall prize – are Lucy Christopher, a graduate of the Bath Spa university creative writing MA course, for Flyaway...
- ^ Pauli, Michelle (10 February 2010). "Great Hamster Massacre wins Waterstone's children's books prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Lucy Christopher". Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ doublecluck
- ^ GreeneHeaton Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Printz Honor Award Speech (and some other stuff!) | Lucy Christopher". lucychristopher.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Photos from the Southern Schools Book Award! | Lucy Christopher". lucychristopher.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011.
- ^ The Inkys
- ^ "HULL Children's Book Award | Lucy Christopher". lucychristopher.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
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