Lucy Christopher Explained

Lucy Christopher
Birth Place:Wales
Citizenship:Australian and British
Occupation:Author
Agent:Greene and Heaton
Known For:Stolen
Years Active:2009–present
Website:lucychristopher.com

Lucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel Stolen, which won the Branford Boase award 2010 in the UK, and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. Her second book, Flyaway, was shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Awards and the 2010 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.[1] [2] She currently lives between Australia and the United Kingdom and has just finished her first book for an adult audience, RELEASE.

Life

Lucy grew up in Australia and attended Mentone Girls' Grammar School,.[3] She works as a senior lecturer at in Creative Writing at UTAS, Tasmania. She studied for an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University after which she became course director.[4] She visited the school of Mexico "Instituto Verde Valle" in Guadalajara. There she gave a conference about her books.

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Notes and References

  1. News: 16 May 2011. The Guardian. Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies. The shortlisted children's books – only once the winner of the overall prize – are Lucy Christopher, a graduate of the Bath Spa university creative writing MA course, for Flyaway.... Mark. Brown. 16 November 2010.
  2. Web site: Pauli. Michelle. Great Hamster Massacre wins Waterstone's children's books prize. The Guardian. 17 September 2016. 10 February 2010.
  3. Web site: Lucy Christopher . 14 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170304190330/http://www.mentonegirls.vic.edu.au/page/Old_Girls/Remarkable_Women/Lucy_Christopher/ . 4 March 2017 . dead .
  4. http://www.doublecluck.com/authors/Lucy%Christopher doublecluck
  5. http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/author.asp?AuthorID=135 GreeneHeaton
  6. Web site: Printz Honor Award Speech (and some other stuff!) Lucy Christopher . lucychristopher.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111115092732/http://www.lucychristopher.com/printz-honor-award-speech-and . 2011-11-15.
  7. Web site: Photos from the Southern Schools Book Award! Lucy Christopher . lucychristopher.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110203053824/http://www.lucychristopher.com/photos-southern-schools-book-award-2 . 2011-02-03.
  8. http://www.insideadog.com.au/page/inkys The Inkys
  9. Web site: HULL Children's Book Award Lucy Christopher . lucychristopher.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214022410/http://www.lucychristopher.com/hull-childrens-book-award . 2013-12-14.

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