Andrew Croome Andrew Croome i(A118094 works by)
Born: Established: ca. 1980 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Andrew Croome was born in Canberra and grew up in Albury-Wodonga and in Hobart. He has undertaken PhD studies in creative writing at The University of Melbourne.

In 2012, Croome was awarded the ACT Writer-in-Residence position. He undertook the residency at the Mt Stromlo Observatory.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2004 highly commended Alan Marshall Short Story Award Open Section for Home is Where the Hurt

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Document Z 2008 Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1529256 2008 single work novel thriller

'On an electric night in 1954, Evdokia Petrov, a Russian intelligence worker from the Soviet Embassy in Canberra, arrives at Mascot Aerodrome as a prisoner of her colleagues. Her husband has defected. She is returning to Moscow where under Soviet law, she will be punished for his crime. A novel from the shadows, Document Z draws the story of the Petrov Affair from ASIO's archive of the event. It is a tale of lies and betrayal, the Cold War on Australian soil.'

Source: Allen & Unwin website, http://www.allenandunwin.com/
Sighted: 15/09/2008

2010 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
2010 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best First Novel
2010 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
2010 shortlisted South East Asia and South Pacific Region Best First Book
2008 winner The Australian / Vogel National Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript)
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