Chloe Melisande Hooper (born 1973) is an Australian author.
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| Born | Chloe Melisande Hooper 1973 (age 50–51) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Lauriston Girls' School |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne Columbia University |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Her first novel, A Child's Book of True Crime (2002), was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Literature and was a New York Times Notable Book. In 2005, she turned to reportage and the next year won a Walkley Award for her writing on the 2004 Palm Island death in custody case. The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (2008) is a non-fiction account of the same case. Her 2019 book, The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire, published in the United States by Seven Stories Press in 2020, investigates the Black Saturday bushfires, one of the most devastating wildfires in Australian history.
Books
- A Child's Book of True Crime (2002)
- The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (2008)[1] (released as Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee in the USA)
- The Engagement (2012)
- The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire (2019)[2]
- Bedtime Story (2022)
Awards and recognition
Hooper was a recipient of a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, an award of A$160,000 given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders.[3]
- Shortlisted 2002 Orange Prize. for (A Child's Book of True Crime)[4]
- Winner 2006 Walkley Award. for her articles in The Monthly on the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island.
- Winner 2008 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Award for Non-Fiction category, for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2008 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Book of the Year, for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2009 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Won the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards for General Non-fiction for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2009 John Button Prize for Writing for Young Adults for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2009 Queensland Premier's Literary Non-Fiction Book Award for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2009 Indie Award for Non-fiction for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2009 Ned Kelly Awards for Best True Crime for The Tall Man[5]
- Winner 2009 Davitt Awards for Best True Crime for The Tall Man[5]
- Shortlisted 2008 Human Rights Award for Non-fiction for The Tall Man[5]
- Shortlisted 2008 Walkley Award for Non-fiction for The Tall Man[5]
- Shortlisted 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards for Book of the Year for The Tall Man[5]
- Shortlisted 2009 Queensland Premier's Award for Advancing Public Debate for The Tall Man[5]
- Shortlisted 2009 Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, for The Tall Man[5]
- Shortlisted 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction for The Tall Man[5]
- Shortlisted 2019 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction for The Arsonist[6]
- Longlisted 2019 Stella Prize[7]
- Shortlisted 2023 National Biography Award for Bedtime Story[8]
References
External links
- The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
- Items by Chloe Hooper in The Monthly
- Chloe Hooper discusses her book 'The Tall Man' at the Sydney Writers Festival video on ABC Fora
- Potter, Emily (2004). "Disorienting Horizons: Encountering the Past in Chloe Hooper's A Child's Book of True Crime". JASAL. 3: 95–102. ISSN 1447-8986.
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