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.Australian Crime Fiction Database He lives in Melbourne.
Awards 1998, The Australian Short Story Competition: commended for "Men and Women" 2006, Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer: shortlisted for The Low Road 2007, Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize: winner for "The Possibility of Water" 2008,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)Scribe Publishing website Cairo (novel) (2013) City of Crows (2017) The Diplomat (2022) Ordinary Gods and Monsters (2023)
Short stories A Lovely and Terrible Thing (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