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

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. He lives in Melbourne.

Contents

• 1 Awards
• 2 Bibliography
  • 2.1 Novels
  • 2.2 Short stories
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Awards

• 1998, The Australian Short Story Compe*ion: commended for "Men and Women"
• 2006, Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Prize for an Unpublished M*cript by an Emerging Victorian Writer: shortlisted for The Low Road
• 2007, Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize: winner for "The Possibility of Water"
• 2008, Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel: winner for The Low Road
• 2011, ALS Gold Medal: shortlisted for Bereft
• 2011, Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted for Bereft

Bibliography

Novels

• The Low Road (2007)
• Bereft (2010)
• Cairo (novel) (2013)
• City of Crows (2017)

Short stories

• A Lovely and Terrible Thing (due May 2019)

References

External links

• Author's website
• Author's page at Scribe Publications
• Miles Franklin website
• Aust Crime Fiction Database: Chris Womersley
• The Age newspaper website