Chris Currie Chris Currie i(A73187 works by) (a.k.a. Christopher Currie)
Born: Established: 1981 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Born in Melbourne, Currie moved to Warwick, Queensland two years later. His short fiction, articles and hypertexts have appeared in publications across Australia. In 2007 Currie co-founded the independent publisher Eatbooks.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2012 winner Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship Prose
2006 winner One Book One Brisbane For People Who Died While Making This Record.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Clancy of the Undertow Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2015 8943028 2015 single work novel young adult

'We're sitting there with matching milkshakes, Sasha and me, and somehow, things aren't going like I always thought they would. We're face to face under 24-hour fluorescents with the thoroughly unromantic buzz of aircon in our ears and endless flabby wedges of seated trucker's butt as our only visual stimulus.

'In a dead-end town like Barwen a girl only to be a little different to feel like a freak. And Clancy, a typical sixteen-year-old misfit with a moderately dysfunctional family, a genuine interest in Nature Club and a major crush on the local hot girl, is packing a capital F.

'As the summer begins, Clancy's dad is involved in a road smash that kills two local teenagers. While the family is dealing with the reaction of a hostile town, Clancy meets someone who could possibly—at last—become a friend. Not only that, the unattainable Sasha starts to show what may be a romantic interest.

'In short, this is the summer when Clancy has to figure out who the hell she is.' (Publication summary)

2016 longlisted Inky Awards Gold Inky
2016 shortlisted Most Underrated Book Award
y separately published work icon The Ottoman Motel Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2011 Z1774266 2011 single work novel mystery 'Simon and his parents arrive in the small town of Reception and check in to the Ottoman Motel. Then, while Simon is asleep, his parents disappear.

'Are they lost? Has something terrible happened to them? Have they simply driven away and left him?

'All Simon knows is that he is alone in a strange town. And, as a desultory police investigation begins, he realises he is unsure who he can trust.

'The local police constable is kind; a B&B owner gives Simon a place to stay. The citizens of Reception have taken him in—but why does it seem as if no one is trying to find his parents?' (From the publisher's website)
2012 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year
2012 shortlisted Commonwealth Book Prize
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