Venero Armanno

Venero Armanno (born 19 August 1959) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Brisbane of Sicilian parents.^[1] He received a BA from the University of Queensland, and later an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from the Queensland University of Technology.^[1] Armanno completed fourteen unpublished manuscripts before being accepted for publication.^[2]

He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland,^[3] where he received the 2004 award for excellence in teaching.^[4]

Awards

• One Book One Brisbane, 2004: shortlisted for Firehead
• One Book One Brisbane, 2003: shortlisted for Volcano
• Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, 2002: winner for Volcano
• Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror, 1995: runner-up for My Beautiful Friend
• Warana Writers' Awards, Steele Rudd Award, 1993: runner-up for Jumping at the Moon
• The Australian/Vogel Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript), 1992: highly commended for The Lonely Hunter

Bibliography

Novels

• The Lonely Hunter (1993)
• Romeo of the Underworld (1994)
• 'My Beautiful Friend (1995)
• Strange Rain (1996)
• Firehead (1999)
• Volcano (2001)
• Candle Life (2006)
• The Dirty Beat (2007)
• Black Mountain (2012)

Short story collections

• Jumping at the Moon (1992)

Young adult

• The Ghost of Love Street (1997)
• The Ghost of Deadman's Beach (1998)

Children's

• The Very Super Adventures of Nic and Naomi (2002)

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Venero Armanno". Random House Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2012. 
2. ↑ Sorenson, Rosemary (10 November 2007). "The Face: Venero Armanno". The Australian. Retrieved 15 June 2012. 
3. ↑ "Dr Venero Armanno". University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 June 2012. 
4. ↑ "Dr Venero Armanno - Award for excellence in teaching 2004". University of Queensland. 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2012.