# Lucy Christopher

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British/Australian author

Lucy Christopher Born Wales Citizenship Australian and British Occupation Author Years active 2009–present Agent(s) Greene and Heaton Known for Stolen Website lucychristopher.com

**Lucy Christopher** is a British/Australian author best known for her novel *[Stolen](/source/Stolen_(2009_novel))*, 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](/source/2010_Costa_Book_Awards) and the 2010 [Waterstone's Children's Book Prize](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Mexico) "Instituto Verde Valle" in [Guadalajara](/source/Guadalajara). There she gave a conference about her books.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Bibliography

- *[Stolen](/source/Stolen_(Christopher_novel))* (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](/source/Branford_Boase_award)[5]

- [Printz Honor Award](/source/Michael_L._Printz_Award)[6]

- Southern Schools Book Award[7]

- Gold Inky[8]

- Hull Children's Book Award[9]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Brown, Mark (16 November 2010). ["Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/nov/16/costa-book-prize-shortlist-unfilled). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 16 May 2011. 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...

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Pauli, Michelle (10 February 2010). ["Great Hamster Massacre wins Waterstone's children's books prize"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/10/great-hamster-massacre-waterstone-children-book-prize). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Lucy Christopher"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170304190330/http://www.mentonegirls.vic.edu.au/page/Old_Girls/Remarkable_Women/Lucy_Christopher/). Archived from [the original](http://www.mentonegirls.vic.edu.au/page/Old_Girls/Remarkable_Women/Lucy_Christopher/) on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [doublecluck](http://www.doublecluck.com/authors/Lucy%Christopher)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [GreeneHeaton](http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/author.asp?AuthorID=135) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110614192402/http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/author.asp?AuthorID=135) 14 June 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Printz Honor Award Speech (and some other stuff!) | Lucy Christopher"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111115092732/http://www.lucychristopher.com/printz-honor-award-speech-and). *lucychristopher.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.lucychristopher.com/printz-honor-award-speech-and) on 15 November 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Photos from the Southern Schools Book Award! | Lucy Christopher"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110203053824/http://www.lucychristopher.com/photos-southern-schools-book-award-2). *lucychristopher.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.lucychristopher.com/photos-southern-schools-book-award-2) on 3 February 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [The Inkys](http://www.insideadog.com.au/page/inkys)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["HULL Children's Book Award | Lucy Christopher"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131214022410/http://www.lucychristopher.com/hull-childrens-book-award). *lucychristopher.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.lucychristopher.com/hull-childrens-book-award) on 14 December 2013.

## External links

- [Branford Boase Award](http://www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/bbabackground.html)

- [Children and Young Adult Literature portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Children_and_Young_Adult_Literature)

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