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Chris Womersley

Australia (b.1968)

Chris Womersley is an Australian author of crime fiction, short stories and poetry.
He trained as a radio journalist and has travelled extensively to such places as India, South-East Asia, South America, North America, and West Africa.
He currently lives in Melbourne, VIC.

Genres: Fantasy, Literary Fiction

Novels

   The Low Road (2007)
   Bereft (2011)
   Cairo (2014)
   City of Crows (2018)
   A Lovely and Terrible Thing (2019)
   The Diplomat (2022)
   Ordinary Gods and Monsters (2023)

Collections

Summer Shorts (2011) (with others)

Series contributed to

BBC National Short Story Award
The BBC International Short Story Award 2012 (2013) (with others)

Award nominations

	2012 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : Bereft
	2012 BBC National Short Story Prize (nominee) : In the Basement
	2011 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel (nominee) : Bereft

Chris Womersley recommends

Blackwater (2023)
Jacqueline Ross
"A compelling, atmospheric and immensely satisfying novel containing echoes of Stephen King and Daphne du Maurier."

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