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Occupation
  
Novelist, journalist

Name
  
Chloe Hooper

Years active
  
2002–present


Nationality
  
Australian

Language
  
English

Role
  
Author

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Born
  
Chloe Melisande Hooper 26 October 1973 (age 50) Melbourne, Australia (
1973-10-26
)

Alma mater
  
University of Melbourne Columbia University

Education
  
Columbia University, University of Melbourne, Lauriston Girls' School

Books
  
The Tall Man, The Engagement, A Child's Book of True Crime, Child S Book of True Crim, Un Libro Para Ninos Basado E

John Safran chats to Chloe Hooper author of 'The Tall Man' [HD] True Crime, ABC RN


Chloe Melisande Hooper (born 26 October 1973) is an Australian author.

Contents

Chloe Hooper Standing Tall Chloe Hooper SOMA Magazine

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.

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Books

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  • A Child's Book of True Crime (2002)
  • The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (2008) (released as Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee in the USA)
  • The Engagement (2012)
  • Awards

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  • Shortlisted 2002 Orange Prize. for (A Child's Book of True Crime)
  • 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 Tall Man
  • Winner 2008 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Book of the Year, for Tall Man
  • Winner 2009 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Won the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction for the Tall Man
  • Winner 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction for Tall Man
  • Winner 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards for General Non-fiction for Tall Man
  • Winner 2009 John Button Prize for Writing for Young Adults for Tall Man
  • Winner 2009 Queensland Premier's Literary Non-Fiction Book Award for Tall Man
  • Winner 2009 Indie Award for Non-fiction for Tall Man
  • Winner 2009 Ned Kelly Awards for Best True Crime for Tall Man
  • Winner 2009 Davitt Awards for Best True Crime for Tall Man
  • Shortlisted 2008 Human Rights Award for Non-fiction for Tall Man
  • Shortlisted 2008 Walkley Award for Non-fiction for Tall Man
  • Shortlisted 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards for Book of the Year for Tall Man
  • Shortlisted 2009 Queensland Premier’s Award for Advancing Public Debate for Tall Man
  • Shortlisted 2009 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for Gleebooks for Tall Man
  • Shortlisted 2009 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction for Tall Man
  • Websites

  • 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. 
  • References

    Chloe Hooper Wikipedia