Christopher Green (author)
Christopher Green | |
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Born | United States |
Nationality | Australian |
Period | 2008–present |
Genre | Speculative short fiction |
Notable awards |
Aurealis Award Best fantasy short story 2009 "Father's Kill" |
Website | |
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Christopher Green is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction.
Biography
Green is a graduate of Clarion South and currently lives in Geelong, Australia. 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. 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.
Green was also a short-listed for the 2010 Ditmar Award for new talent. In 2011 Green started writing his first novel. Entitled Arizona Afterwards he published the novel online as a free one-chapter-a-week novel. 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.
Bibliography
Collections
Year | Title | Publisher | Notes |
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2011 | Love and Other Losses | Nighttime Logic | Contains 14 short stories. |
Novels
Year | Title | Publisher | Notes |
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2011 | Arizona Afterwards | – | Published online as a free one-chapter-a-week novel. Contains 53 chapters. |
Short fiction
Year | Title | Original publication | Awards and nominations |
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2008 | "Lakeside" | Dreaming Again (ed. Jack Dann) | Nomination: 2008 Australian Shadows Award |
2009 | "Having Faith" | Nossa Morte February 2009 | Nomination: 2009 Aurealis Award for best horror short story |
2009 | "A Hundredth Name" | Abyss & Apex No. 31 | Nomination: 2009 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story |
2009 | "A Crazy Kind of Love" | Nossa Morte | |
2009 | "Reservations" | Expanded Horizons | |
2009 | "Father's Kill" | Beneath Ceaseless Skies No. 24 | Win: 2009 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story |
2009 | "My Rough Cut" | The Edge of Propinquity | |
2010 | "Darwin's Daughter" | The Tangled Bank (ed. Chris Lynch) | |
2010 | "Stickman" | Night Chills No. 1 | |
2010 | "Jumbuck" | Aurealis No. 44 | |
2010 | "Where We Go to be Made Lighter" | Midnight Echo No. 4 | |
2010 | "Linger" | Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine No. 46 | |
2010 | "Darkling" | Fifty-Two Stitches | |
2010 | "Holding Hands" | Fantastique Unfettered | |
2011 | "Stitched" | Shock Totem No. 3 | |
2011 | "Letters of Love from the Once and Newly Dead" | Midnight Echo No. 5 | Win: 2010 AHWA Short Story Competition |