Christine Harris (author)

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Christine Harris
Born1955 (age 6869)
Mile End, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Genre Children's, fantasy, science fiction, horror, young adult, historical
Website
christineharris.com.au

Christine Harris (born 1955) is an Australian writer of children's and young adult with works both in speculative fiction and historical fiction.

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Biography

Christine Harris was born in Mile End, South Australia in 1955. [1] In 1992 Harris' first book was released, entitled Outer Face which was a collection of 14 of her short stories. [1] She has since released numerous other short stories and released three other collections. Harris has also had published over ten novels including three series, written seven poems and released a picture book and two anthologies. [1] [2] She has won or been nominated for various awards including the 1999 Aurealis Award best horror novel for Foreign Devil , and the 2009 White Ravens Award for Audrey of the Outback, among others. [3] She was joint winner of the 2009 Children's Peace Literature Award for Audrey Goes to Town. [4]

Bibliography

Novels

Vibes

Hot Shots

Spy Girl

Audrey of the Outback

Raven Lucas

Other novels

Collections

Omnibuses

Plays

Chapter books

Picture books

Non-fiction

Poems

Short fiction

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Christine Harris – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB . Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  2. "Christine Harris". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  3. "Awards Won". christineharris.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  4. "Children's Peace Literature Award". AustLit. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2019.