Neal Drinnan

{{short description|Australian writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox writer | name = Neal Drinnan | birth_name = Neal Macrae Drinnan | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|09|04|df=yes}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | occupation = novelist, Owner of Cow Lick Bookshop | period = 1980s-present | nationality = Australian | notableworks = Glove Puppet, Izzy and Eve, Rare Bird of Truth, The Devil's Grip | spouse = | website = }}

'''Neal Drinnan''' is an Australian writer.<ref>"Putting the word out for gay writers". ''The Age'', 19 January 2012.</ref> He won the Lambda Literary Award in the Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror category,<ref>"Lambda Lit Award winners announced". ''Q-Notes'', 30 June 2007.</ref> and was a nominee in the Gay Fiction category, for his 2006 novel ''Izzy and Eve'' at the 19th Lambda Literary Awards.

Originally from Melbourne, Victoria,<ref>"Secrets of the pen". ''Australasian Business Intelligence'', 5 August 2001.</ref> Drinnan has been primarily based in Sydney and regional Victoria.

He has published six novels and non-fiction travel guides for LGBT tourism in Australia. He was also the editor of ''Fruit Salad: A Compote of Contemporary Gay & Lesbian Writing'', an anthology of Australian LGBT writing published by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras committee in 1997, and has had several short stories published in anthologies.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/25/1035504876627.html "The Penguin Book of Gay Australian Writing"]. ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 26 October 2002.</ref>

==Works==

===Fiction=== *''Glove Puppet'' (1998, {{ISBN|0140267891}}) *''Pussy's Bow'' (1999, {{ISBN|0140282475}}) *''Quill'' (2000, {{ISBN|0140290990}}) *''Izzy and Eve'' (2006, {{ISBN|1931160465}}) *''Rare Bird of Truth'' (2010, {{ISBN|9780731814572}}) *''Rural Liberties'' (2017, {{ISBN|9789887794806}})

===Non-fiction=== *''Out in Sydney'' (1998, {{ISBN|9780646348322}}) *''The Rough Guide to Gay and Lesbian Australia'' (2001, {{ISBN|9781858288321}}) *''The Devil's Grip'' (2019, {{ISBN|9781760851187}})

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{official website|http://www.nealdrinnan.com/}}

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