Christos Tsiolkas

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Christos Tsiolkas (b. 1965) is an Australian author. He grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Blackburn High School and the University of Melbourne. He edited the student newspaper Farrago in 1988.

His first novel Loaded (1995) was filmed as Head On (1998) by director Ana Kokkinos, starring Alex Dimitriades.

BOOKS

  • Loaded (1995);
  • Jump Cuts (with Sasha Soldatow, 1996);
  • The Jesus Man (1999);
  • The Devil's Playground (2002);
  • Dead Europe (2005);
  • Dead Europe (2005);

THEATRE

  • Who's Afraid of the Working Class? (with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius, 1999);
  • Elektra AD (1999);
  • Viewing Blue Poles (2000);
  • Fever (with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves and Patricia Cornelius, 2002);
  • Dead Caucasians (2002);
  • Non Parlo di Salo (with Spiro Economopoulos, 2005).

SCREENPLAYS

  • Thug (with Spiro Economopoulos, 1998);
  • Saturn's Return (2000).
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