Chloe Hooper | |
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| Born | Chloe Melisande Hooper 1973 (age 52–53) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Lauriston Girls' School |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne Columbia University |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Chloe Melisande Hooper (born 1973) is an Australian author.
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. Her 2018 book, The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire, published in the United States by Seven Stories Press in 2020, investigates the Black Saturday bushfires, one of the most devastating wildfires in Australian history.
Books
- A Child's Book of True Crime (2002)
- The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (2008)1 (released as Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee in the USA)
- The Engagement (2012)
- The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire (2018)2
- Bedtime Story (2022)
- The Mushroom Tapes (2025)
Awards and recognition
Hooper was a recipient of a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, an award of A$160,000 given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders.3
- Shortlisted 2002 Orange Prize. for (A Child's Book of True Crime)4
- 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 The Tall Man5
- Winner 2008 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Book of the Year, for The Tall Man5
- Winner 2009 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. Won the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction for The Tall Man5
- Winner 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction for The Tall Man5
- Winner 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards for General Non-fiction for The Tall Man5
- Winner 2009 John Button Prize for Writing for Young Adults for The Tall Man5
- Winner 2009 Queensland Premier's Literary Non-Fiction Book Award for The Tall Man5
- Winner 2009 Indie Award for Non-fiction for The Tall Man5
- Winner 2009 Ned Kelly Awards for Best True Crime for The Tall Man5
- Winner 2009 Davitt Awards for Best True Crime for The Tall Man5
- Shortlisted 2008 Human Rights Award for Non-fiction for The Tall Man5
- Shortlisted 2008 Walkley Award for Non-fiction for The Tall Man5
- Shortlisted 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards for Book of the Year for The Tall Man5
- Shortlisted 2009 Queensland Premier's Award for Advancing Public Debate for The Tall Man5
- Shortlisted 2009 Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, for The Tall Man5
- Shortlisted 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-fiction for The Tall Man5
- Shortlisted 2019 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction for The Arsonist6
- Longlisted 2019 Stella Prize7
- Shortlisted 2023 National Biography Award for Bedtime Story8
- Winner 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards General Nonfiction Book of the Year for The Mushroom Tapes9
References
References
- "The Tall Man - Chloe Hooper". Official website. Penguin Group (Australia). Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- Hooper, Chloe. "The Arsonist". Seven Stories Press. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- "Past Award Recipients". Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- Chloe Hooper @ Fantastic Fiction
- "The Tall Man". Copyright Agency Reading Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- "The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire". The Stella Prize 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "National Biography Award". State Library of NSW. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- "Sworder wins ABIA Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
External links
External links
- 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.