Alison Evans (author) explained

Alison Evans
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:Novelist and writer

Alison Evans is an Australian novelist and writer. They[1] are a transgender non-binary person who identifies as bisexual, and their work often features queer and transgender characters.[2] [3] [4] Evans grew up in the town of Emerald among the Dandenong Ranges, a setting which went on to heavily influence their work.[5] [6]

Their first two novellas on Less Than Three Press were 2015's Long Macchiatos and Monsters and 2016's We Go Forward.[7] Since 2017, they have published three young adult novels with Echo Publishing: Ida, Highway Bodies and Euphoria Kids.[8] [9] [10] They won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award in the People's Choice category for Ida in 2018.[11] [12]

Evans has contributed short stories to various anthologies - including Kindred, Hometown Haunts and Everything Under the Moon - and works as both an author and editor of zines, including #EnbyLife with Rae White.[13] They co-edited the 2024 Fremantle Press anthology Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors with Michael Earp, while also contributing the short story "CHANGELINGS".[14] They have also written non-fiction articles for the ABC, Overland, The Guardian and The Saturday Paper.[15] [16]

In 2024, Evans was one of several authors at the centre of the ongoing State Library Victoria Teen Writing Bootcamp controversy in which a scheduled workshop for children was cancelled by the Library ostensibly due to the need for a "child and cultural safety review".[17] Various Library staff made claims published in The Age and The Guardian that Evans and the other writers' support of Palestine was the actual reason and that the library had engaged in political censorship.[18] [19] [20] These claims were later supported by the release of internal emails from the library.[21]

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Novels

Novellas

Short stories

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Notes and References

  1. News: Bibliophile: Ida by Alison Evans . 24 November 2024 . Out in Perth . 16 February 2017.
  2. News: Evans . Alison . My gender didn't exist in fiction when I was growing up – so I wrote myself into existence . 24 November 2024 . The Guardian . 28 February 2017.
  3. News: Evans . Alison . Winning as a non-binary person . 24 November 2024 . The Saturday Paper . 10 February 2018.
  4. News: Gallagher . Alex . Why should trans people trust non-trans authors to lead the conversation about our identities? . 24 November 2024 . The Guardian . 16 October 2020.
  5. News: Sloan . Jodie . Interview: Highway Bodies author Alison Evans talks representation, non-binary teens, and a very Aussie apocalypse . 25 November 2024 . The AU Review . 20 February 2019.
  6. News: Kerr . Jodie . State of euphoria: Alison Evans on ‘Euphoria Kids’ . 25 November 2024 . Books + Publishing . 8 November 2019.
  7. Web site: Short stories . Alison Evans official site . 24 November 2024.
  8. News: Woodhead . Cameron . Ida review: Alison Evans' YA fiction with a message of tolerance and diversity . 24 November 2024 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 30 January 2017.
  9. News: Kavanagh-Ryan . Kit . These science fiction and fantasy books centre and celebrate disabled characters . 24 November 2024 . ABC News . 10 December 2021.
  10. News: Gesa-Fatafehi . Meleika . Alison Evans - Euphoria Kids . 24 November 2024 . The Saturday Paper . 29 February 2020.
  11. News: Harmon . Steph . Sarah Krasnostein wins $125,000 at Australia’s richest literary prize . 24 November 2024 . The Guardian . 1 February 2018.
  12. News: Steger . Jason . No trauma as Sarah Krasnostein wins $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature . 24 November 2024 . The Guardian . 1 February 2018.
  13. Web site: Zines . Alison Evans official site . 24 November 2024.
  14. Web site: Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors . Fremantle Press . 25 November 2024.
  15. News: Evans . Alison . After Harry Potter: Five children's books that celebrate diversity . 24 November 2024 . ABC . 2 August 2020.
  16. News: Evans . Alison . Being a caretaker: a response to JK Rowling . 24 November 2024 . Overland . 1 June 2020.
  17. News: Burke . Kelly . Writers puzzled after State Library Victoria cancels workshops for teens citing ‘child and cultural safety’ . 15 March 2024 . The Guardian . 6 March 2024.
  18. News: O'Brien . Kerrie . Top writers boycott State Library Victoria over accusations of censorship . 29 April 2024 . The Age . 29 April 2024.
  19. News: O'Brien . Kerrie . State Library revolt over treatment of pro-Palestine writers . 15 March 2024 . The Age . 14 March 2024.
  20. News: Beazley . Jordyn . State Library Victoria staff accuse management of ‘censorship and discrimination’ over pro-Palestine authors controversy . 25 November 2024 . The Guardian . 14 March 2024.
  21. News: Beazley . Jordyn . State Library Victoria surveyed presenters’ social media for political content before terminating contracts, emails show . 18 July 2024 . The Guardian . 17 July 2024.

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