Chris Womersley

Australian writer

Chris Womersley
Born	1968 Melbourne, Victoria
Language	English
Nationality	Australian
Years active	1998-
Notable works	The Low Road
Notable awards	Ned Kelly Awards 2008

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.

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2006, Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer: shortlisted for The Low Road ^[3]
2007, Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize: winner for "The Possibility of Water"^[4]
2008, Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel: winner for The Low Road^[3]
2011, ALS Gold Medal: shortlisted for Bereft^[5]
2011, Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted for Bereft^[6]

Bibliography

Novels

The Low Road (2007)
Bereft (2010)^[7]
Cairo (novel) (2013)
City of Crows (2017)
The Diplomat (2022)
Ordinary Gods and Monsters (2023)

Short stories

A Lovely and Terrible Thing (2019)

References

^ Australian Crime Fiction Database
^ "The Australian Short Story Competition". Auslit. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Chris Womersley". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^ "Josephine Ulrick Prizes > Literature Prize Past Winners". Griffith University. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^ "ALS Gold Medal: The shortlist for the ALS Gold Medal for 2011". ASAL. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^ "The 2011 Shortlist". Miles Franklin Literary Award. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ Scribe Publishing website Archived 12 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine