Nerida Newton
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| Born: | 1972 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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| Occupation(s): | literary author |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Writing period: | 2003 - 2006 |
| Genre(s): | historical fiction; literary fiction |
| Debut work(s): | The Lambing Flat |
| Website: | neridanewton.com |
Nerida Newton (1972 – present) is an Australian novelist who first came to light in 2002 with her first novel, The Lambing Flat, which won the Emerging Author category for the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and was shortlisted for the The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. In 2004 The Lambing Flat was shortlisted the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Asia/Pacific region (Best First Book) and One Book One Brisbane. Later that year, Nerida was named by the Sydney Morning Herald as one of Australia's best young novelists. Her second novel, Death of a Whaler was released in 2006.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
I was born in 1972, in Brisbane. After attending high school in Brisbane I spent a year as an exchange student in South Africa staying primarily in Pretoria. Upon returning to Australia I completed a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism, Political Science, Literature) at the University of Queensland. After a brief return visit to Africa I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Communication at the Queensland University of Technology. I have since lived and worked in Malaysia and the UK working as a copywriter and later a technical writer in both the UK and upon my return to Brisbane. In 2001 I was accepted into the University of Queensland’s Masters of Philosophy degree in Creative Writing and completed The Lambing Flat during that year. The resulting manuscript was published by UQP in October 2003. I tutored for a time in the University of Queensland creative writing programmes. Most recently I have been living in Paris, France completing research for future novels.
I have had short stories published in Australian Short Stories and Inkspot, have written articles for The Courier-Mail, and presented at various writer's festivals around Australia.
[edit] Marriage and children
Nerida was married in 2000 and has one child.
[edit] Works
[edit] Published works
- Newton, Nerida (2003). The Lambing Flat. UQP. ISBN 0-7022-3386-2.
- Newton, Nerida (2006). Death of a Whaler. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-791-3.
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| NAME | Newton, Nerida |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian Writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brisbane |
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