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Nick Earls Nick Earls i(A2461 works by)
Also writes as: Nickola Earls
Born: Established: 1963 Newtownards,
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Northern Ireland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1972
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Nick Earls was born in Northern Ireland and moved with his family to Australia in 1972. He was educated at the Church of England Grammar School and graduated from the University of Queensland in 1986 with an honours degree in medicine. During the late 1980s and early 1990s he worked in general practice, hospitals and for an insurance company while building his career as a writer.

Earls published a book of poems in 1985 and a collection of short stories in 1992, but he attracted most attention when he published Zigzag Street and the young adult novel After January in 1996. Earls won several prizes for these works and has since pursued a career that produces fiction for adults and young adults. He won more awards for the young adult novel 48 Shades of Brown (1999) and has built a substantial following with adult novels like Bachelor Kisses (1998) and Perfect Skin (2000). Widely admired for the comic elements of his fiction, Earls has performed some of his works at festivals. Some of his works have been adapted for the theatre and several screenplays are also under development. He has written a number of plays that have been performed in Australia and England.

Earls has also written jingles, comedy scripts and corporate videos. He has been involved with several charities and has assisted with the marketing of his home-town Brisbane. In 2006 Earls was named Queensland's Multicultural Champion in recognition of his 'energetic and passionate advocacy for the rights of refugees and the disadvantaged' and also The University of Queensland's 2006 Alumnus of the Year.

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Personal Awards

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Vancouver Carlton South : Inkerman and Blunt , 2016 9174371 2016 single work novella

The story's narrator, Paul, remembers 'a giant who came to stay with his family when his father was trying to bring American football to Australia. The tall guy in question was a player called Knut Knudsen; as a small boy, our narrator sees him as the modern day equivalent of the Colossus of Rhodes. Knudsen has dreams of becoming of all things, a writer. And it turns out that when our narrator is all grown up, he himself has become a writer, and is on an author tour to a Canadian festival... As a side trip from his festival appearances, he reconnects with Knudsen, who has published several books and is now married and teaching creative writing at a university college' (Caroline Baum, Booktopia).

2017 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Fiction Book Award
2017 finalist Queensland Literary Awards The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year
2017 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards People's Choice Award
2017 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
y separately published work icon Wisdom Tree : Five Novellas Wisdom Tree 2016 Carlton South : Inkerman and Blunt , 2016 9174158 2016 series - author novella

A series of novellas by Nick Earls. On the first of every month from May to September 2016, Inkerman & Blunt released one novella at a time, then a Deluxe Christmas edition in October 2016.

2017 Gold Independent Publisher Book Awards (e-Book Categories) Best Adult Fiction e-Book
2017 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
y separately published work icon Top Secret Files St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2016 10526128 2016 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'From award-winning author Nick Earls and illustrator Terry Whidborne comes the book that tells you everything you wanted to know about being a word hunter – and more!

'Lexi, Al, Mursili, Will and Caractacus are back! This exciting book from the successful team behind the Word Hunters trilogy is packed with never-seen-before word hunter history – with new characters, new word quests,new adventures and all the behind-the-scenes information you have ever wanted to know about the words that make up the language we speak. ' (Publication summary)

2017 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Eight to 10 Years
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