Lucy Christopher

{{short description|British/Australian author|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Lucy Christopher | birth_place = Wales | citizenship = Australian and British | occupation = Author

| agent = Greene and Heaton | known_for = [[Stolen (2009 novel)|Stolen]] | years_active = 2009–present | website = [http://www.lucychristopher.com/ lucychristopher.com] }}

'''Lucy Christopher''' is a British/Australian author best known for her novel ''[[Stolen (2009 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]].<ref>{{cite news | accessdate = 16 May 2011 | work = The Guardian | title = Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies | quote = 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... | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/16/costa-book-prize-shortlist-unfilled | first=Mark | last=Brown | date=16 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pauli|first1=Michelle|title=Great Hamster Massacre wins Waterstone's children's books prize|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/10/great-hamster-massacre-waterstone-children-book-prize|website=The Guardian|accessdate=17 September 2016|date=10 February 2010}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mentonegirls.vic.edu.au/page/Old_Girls/Remarkable_Women/Lucy_Christopher/ |title=Lucy Christopher |access-date=14 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304190330/http://www.mentonegirls.vic.edu.au/page/Old_Girls/Remarkable_Women/Lucy_Christopher/ |archive-date=4 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.doublecluck.com/authors/Lucy%Christopher doublecluck]</ref> She visited the school of [[Mexico]] "Instituto Verde Valle" in [[Guadalajara]]. There she gave a conference about her books.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

==Bibliography== *''[[Stolen (Christopher novel)|Stolen]]'' (2009/2010) or in Spanish ''Robada una carta a mi secuestrador'' *''Flyaway'' (2012) *''The Killing Woods'' (2013) or in Spanish ''El bosque del verdugo'' *''Storm-wake'' (5 April 2018) *''Shadow'' (2019) *''The Queen on Our Corner'' (2021) *''Release'' (2022)

==Awards== *[[Branford Boase award]]<ref>[http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/author.asp?AuthorID=135 GreeneHeaton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614192402/http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/author.asp?AuthorID=135 |date=14 June 2011 }}</ref> *[[Michael L. Printz Award|Printz Honor Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lucychristopher.com/printz-honor-award-speech-and |title=Printz Honor Award Speech (and some other stuff!) {{!}} Lucy Christopher |website=lucychristopher.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115092732/http://www.lucychristopher.com/printz-honor-award-speech-and |archive-date=2011-11-15}}</ref> *Southern Schools Book Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lucychristopher.com/photos-southern-schools-book-award-2 |title=Photos from the Southern Schools Book Award! {{!}} Lucy Christopher |website=lucychristopher.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203053824/http://www.lucychristopher.com/photos-southern-schools-book-award-2 |archive-date=2011-02-03}}</ref> *Gold Inky<ref>[http://www.insideadog.com.au/page/inkys The Inkys]</ref> *Hull Children's Book Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lucychristopher.com/hull-childrens-book-award |title=HULL Children's Book Award {{!}} Lucy Christopher |website=lucychristopher.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214022410/http://www.lucychristopher.com/hull-childrens-book-award |archive-date=2013-12-14}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/bbabackground.html Branford Boase Award] {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}

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