Kris Kneen Explained

Krissy Kneen
Occupation:	Author
Nationality:	Australian

Kris Kneen (formerly Krissy Kneen) is a Brisbane-based writer. Kneen has been shortlisted four times for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award.

Career

, they were marketing and promotions officer at Avid Reader bookshop.^[1]

They have written two collections of erotica—Swallow the Sound (2007) and Triptych (2011)—as well as four novels. They are also the author of three memoirs. Affection (2009) deals with their childhood and young adulthood through the lens of sexuality, The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen (2021) is principally about their grandmother, and Fat Girl Dancing (2023) concerns their relationship with their body.^{[2] [3]} Their sole poetry collection, Eating my Grandmother (2015), won the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize.^[4]

They appeared in four events at the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival.^[5]

Style and critical reception

Their work has been described as "transgressive, sardonic, lyrical, comic; irresistibly erotic yet also romantic" and "acclaimed for its fearless honesty".^[6]

Awards and nominations

• 2010: Australian Book Industry Awards, Shortlist: Affection^[7]
• 2005: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Manuscript, Shortlist: His Father's Son
• 2007: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Queensland Author Manuscript Award, Shortlist: Paper Dolls, Holding Hands^[8]
• 2010: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Non-Fiction Book Award, Shortlist: Affection^[9]
• 2018: Stella Prize, Shortlist: An Uncertain Grace.^[10]
• 2014: Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, Winner: Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle^[11]
• 2019: Queensland Literary Awards: Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance, Shortlist: Wintering^[12]
• 2024: Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, Shortlist: Fat Girl Dancing^[13]

Personal life

, they were living in New Farm, Brisbane with their husband.^[1]

Her grandmother was born in Egypt to a Slovenian mother and a father who had lived in Egypt for at least three generations and whose mother was Syrian, and most likely Jewish.^[14]

Published works

Novels

• Swallow the Sound, Eatbooks, 2007, ^[15]
• Triptych, An Erotic Adventure: 3 Stories in 1, Text Publishing, 2011, ^[16]
• Steeplechase, Text Publishing, 2013,
• The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine, Text Publishing, 2015,
• An Uncertain Grace, Text Publishing, 2017,
• Wintering, Text Publishing, 2018,

Memoirs

Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex & Intimacy, Text Publishing, 2009, ^[17]

The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen: Travels with My Grandmother's Ashes, Text Publishing, 2021, ^[18]

Fat Girl Dancing, Text Publishing, 2023, ^[19]

Poetry

• Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle, University of Queensland Press, 2015,

Contributed chapter

• "The university and the beast: a fairy tale", pp. 263–276, in: Destroying the Joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want, 2015,

Further reading

• Web site: Memoir author Kris Kneen on how to write and edit your story into a compelling book that connects with readers . ABC News (Australia). Kneen, Kris . 18 June 2023 .

External links

• • Kris Kneen, Text Publishing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Krissy Kneen – Melbourne Writers Festival . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110310170911/http://www.mwf.com.au/2009/content/mwf_2009_standard.asp?name=KneenK . 10 March 2011 . 4 June 2012.
2. News: Kavanagh . Bec . 2021-05-13 . The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen by Krissy Kneen review – memoir as both fairytale and defiant truth . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-06 . 0261-3077.
3. News: Kavanagh . Bec . 2023-05-04 . Fat Girl Dancing by Kris Kneen review – the intimacies and indignities of living in a fat body . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-05-06 . 0261-3077.
4. Web site: 2017-05-11 . Books that Changed Me: Krissy Kneen . 2023-05-06 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
5. Web site: Brisbane Writers' Festival 2017. 11 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170911232556/http://uplit.com.au/festival/brisbane-writers-festival-2017/. 11 September 2017. dead.
6. Web site: 3 October 2011 . Triptych, An Erotic Adventure: 3 Stories in 1, book by Kris Kneen . The Text Publishing Company.
7. Web site: Australian Book Industry Awards 2010 Shortlists Announced. 26 May 2010. Text Publishing. 28 January 2020.
8. Web site: Queensland Literary Awards Shortlist Announced. 16 August 2007. Queensland Government. 28 January 2020.
9. Web site: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Shortlist Announced. 16 August 2010. Queensland Government. 28 January 2020.
10. Web site: The 2018 Stella Prize. Stella Prize. 11 March 2018.
11. Web site: Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle. Trove Books, National Library of Australia. 10 February 2018.
12. Web site: 2019 Queensland Literary Awards Winners and Finalists. State Library of Queensland. 28 January 2020.
13. Web site: 2023-12-19 . Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced . 2023-12-19 . Books+Publishing.
14. Web site: Watson . S. J. . 2023-11-05 . Taming the ghosts: Using horror as metaphor . 2024-08-20 . S J Watson's Compendia.
15. Web site: "Swallow the Sound, Krissy Kneen" . 4 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150410051811/http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Swallow-Sound-Krissy-Kneen/9780980323207 . 10 April 2015 . dead .
16. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Kneen%2C%20Krissy%2C%201968-%22&iknowwhatimean=1 Krissy Kneen – National Library of Australia
17. Web site: Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex & Intimacy, Krissy Kneen . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110308030037/http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9781921656729/affection-memoir-love-sex-intimacy . 8 March 2011 . Penguin Books Australia.
18. Web site: The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen: Travels with My Grandmother’s Ashes . Text Publishing.
19. Web site: Fat Girl Dancing . Text Publishing.