Cath Crowley

{{Short description|Australian novelist}}{{Infobox person | name = Cath Crowley | birth_date = 1971 | birth_place = Rural Victoria | occupation = fiction author, freelance writer and part time teacher | known_for = Friction Author | notable_works = Graffiti Moon and Words in Deep Blue. | awards = 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Award, 2017 Griffith University, Queensland Literary Awards , Winner for Gold Inky Award 2017. | website = }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

'''Cath Crowley''' is a young adult fiction author based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been shortlisted and received numerous literary awards including the 2011 [[Prime Minister's Literary Award]] for Young Adult Fiction for her novel ''Graffiti Moon'' and, in 2017, the [[Griffith University]] Young Adult Book Award at the [[Queensland Literary Awards]] for ''Words in Deep Blue''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners and Finalists|url=http://www.qldliteraryawards.org.au/winners|website=Queensland Literary Awards|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009000109/http://www.qldliteraryawards.org.au/winners|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Crowley was born in 1971 in rural Victoria. Her books include ''novel Graffiti Moon and, in 2017, the [[Griffith University]] Young Adult Book Award at the [[Queensland Literary Awards]] for Words in Deep Blue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners and Finalists |url=http://www.qldliteraryawards.org.au/winners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009000109/http://www.qldliteraryawards.org.au/winners |archive-date=9 October 2017 |access-date=8 October 2017 |website=Queensland Literary Awards}}</ref>Moon.''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/author/cath-crowley/|title=Cath Crowley - Pan Macmillan Australia|work=Pan Macmillan Australia|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en-GB}}</ref> She is currently a freelance writer and part time teacher. Her work has been published in Australia and internationally.

==Early life and career== Crowley grew up with three siblings and a dog called Elvis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm/author_number/1932/cath-crowley|title=Cath Crowley author biography|last=BookBrowse|work=BookBrowse.com|access-date=2017-03-07}}</ref> She took courses in radio production and literature at university and then worked as an English teacher for some time.

She hadn't always wanted to be a writer but was later convinced while traveling in Europe. She often wrote letters home to her brother who created a musical, Journey Girl, inspired by these letters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelitcentre.org.au/author/cath-crowley|title=Cath Crowley {{!}} The Literature Centre|website=www.thelitcentre.org.au|access-date=2017-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308140103/http://www.thelitcentre.org.au/author/cath-crowley|archive-date=2017-03-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After returning from Europe, Crowley studied professional writing and editing at [[RMIT University|RMIT]]. She went on to write articles for newspapers and magazines and began her first novel, ''The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelitcentre.org.au/author/cath-crowley|title=Cath Crowley {{!}} The Literature Centre|website=www.thelitcentre.org.au|access-date=2017-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308140103/http://www.thelitcentre.org.au/author/cath-crowley|archive-date=2017-03-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Crowley's most recent novel, ''Words in Deep Blue'' is a story of love, loss and the power of words. Her writing got a kick-start while she was grieving for her father, "I realised grief is very particular to each person," she said.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/cath-crowleys-words-in-deep-blue-a-love-story-about-books-20160727-gqess5.html|title=Cath Crowley's Words in Deep Blue a love story about books|last=Hardy|first=Karen|date=2016-09-04|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en-US}}</ref> Crowley now runs student writing workshops and freelance writes.

== Novels == * ''The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain'' (2004) * ''Chasing Charlie Duskin'' (2005) * ''Gracie Faltrain Takes Control'' (2006) * ''Gracie Faltrain Gets It Right (Finally)'' (2008) * ''A Little Wanting Song'' (2010) * ''Graffiti Moon'' (2010) * ''A Little Wanting Song'' (2010) * ''Rosie Staples' Minor Magical Misunderstanding'' (2010) * {{Citation|title=Words in Deep Blue ''(2016)''|publisher=Sydney, New South Wales Pan by Pan Macmillan Australia|isbn=978-1-74261-238-6}} * ''Take Three Girls'' (2017) (written collaboratively with [[Fiona Wood (writer)|Fiona Wood]] and Simmone Howell)

== Awards == === ''Graffiti Moon'' ===

* Winner for NSW Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize 2011 * Winner for Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction 2011 * Winner for APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Young Adult Book 2011 * Short-listed for CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers 2011 * Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Prize for Writing for Young Adults 2011 * Short-listed for Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult Book Award 2011<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781742621814/|title=Graffiti Moon - Pan Macmillan Australia|work=Pan Macmillan Australia|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== ''Words in Deep Blue'' ===

* Winner, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award, [[Queensland Literary Awards]] 2017 * Winner for Gold Inky Award 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://insideadog.com.au/inkys/2017-winners|title=2017 Winners {{!}} Inside A Dog|website=insideadog.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311051734/https://insideadog.com.au/inkys/2017-winners|archive-date=2018-03-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Short-listed for Indie Book Awards Young Adult 2017 * Long-listed for CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781742612386/|title=Words in Deep Blue - Pan Macmillan Australia|work=Pan Macmillan Australia|access-date=2017-03-08|language=en-GB}}</ref> * Winner for Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arts.gov.au/pm-literary-awards/current-awards|title=Winners and shortlist|last=Arts|first=Department of Communications and the|date=2016-08-05|website=www.arts.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2018-05-15|archive-date=2 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302045105/https://www.arts.gov.au/pm-literary-awards/current-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== ''Chasing Charlie Duskin'' ===

* Short-listed for the CBCA’s prestigious Book of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2010/09/review-chasing-charlie-duskin.html|title=Review: Chasing Charlie Duskin|website=www.kids-bookreview.com|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref>

== References == {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}} {{reflist}}

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