| Christopher Green | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Period: | 2008–present |
| Genre: | Speculative short fiction |
| Awards: | Aurealis Award |
Christopher Green is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction.
Green is a graduate of Clarion South and currently lives in Geelong, Australia.[1] His first story was published in 2008, entitled "Lakeside" which was published in the anthology Dreaming Again, edited by Jack Dann. "Lakeside" was a finalist at the 2008 Australian Shadow Awards.[2] In 2009 Green had three stories on the short-list at the Aurealis Award – "Having Faith" was a finalist in the horror short story division but lost to Paul Haines' "Slice of Life", a "A Hundredth Name" was a finalist in the science fiction short story division but lost to Peter M. Ball's "Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens", and "Father's Kill" won the fantasy short story award.[3] [4] [5]
Green was also a short-listed for the 2010 Ditmar Award for new talent.[6] In 2011 Green started writing his first novel. Entitled Arizona Afterwards he published the novel online as a free one-chapter-a-week novel.[7] Green also released his first collection, Love and Other Losses, which contained 14 short stories. It was published by Nighttime Logic as an Amazon Kindle e-book.[8] [9]
| Year | Title | Original publication | Awards and nominations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dreaming Again (ed. Jack Dann) | Nomination: 2008 Australian Shadows Award[10] | ||
| 2009 | Nossa Morte February 2009 | Nomination: 2009 Aurealis Award for best horror short story[11] | ||
| 2009 | Abyss & Apex No. 31 | Nomination: 2009 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story | ||
| 2009 | Nossa Morte | |||
| 2009 | Expanded Horizons | |||
| 2009 | Beneath Ceaseless Skies No. 24 | Win: 2009 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story | ||
| 2009 | ||||
| 2010 | (ed. Chris Lynch) | |||
| 2010 | Night Chills No. 1 | |||
| 2010 | Aurealis No. 44 | |||
| 2010 | Midnight Echo No. 4 | |||
| 2010 | Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine No. 46 | |||
| 2010 | Fifty-Two Stitches | |||
| 2010 | Fantastique Unfettered | |||
| 2011 | Shock Totem No. 3 | |||
| 2011 | Midnight Echo No. 5 | Win: 2010 AHWA Short Story Competition[12] |