Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2016) Winner
Brooke Davis
ブローク・デイビス
Burōku Deibisu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1980 （Bellbrae, Victoria, Australia）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bellbrae, Victoria (grew up) → Perth, Western Australia (current)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Travel writer, Editor, Bookseller
- Active Years
- 2004-2024
- Nominations
- Short-listed for Debut Fiction at the 2015 Indie Book Awards
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Canberra | — | Professional Writing and Media Production | Bachelor of Communication (Hons) | — | Australia |
| Curtin University | — | Creative Writing | PhD | — | Australia |
University of Canberra
Professional Writing and Media Production
Degree:
Bachelor of Communication (Hons)
Year of Graduation:
2004
Country:
Australia
Allen & Unwin Prize for Prose Fiction, the Verandah Prose Prize, and the University Medal
Curtin University
Creative Writing
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
2013
Country:
Australia
Bobbie Cullen Memorial Award for Women Writers (2009), AAWP Prize for Best Postgraduate Paper (2009), Postgraduate Queensland Writing Prize (2011)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bobbie Cullen Memorial Award for Women Writers | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2009 | AAWP Prize for Best Postgraduate Paper | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2011 | Postgraduate Queensland Writing Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2014 | iBooks Book of the Year | Lost & Found | — | — | Winner |
| 2015 | Matt Richell Award for New Writer | — | — | Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) | Winner |
| 2015 | ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year | Lost & Found | — | Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) | Winner |
Bobbie Cullen Memorial Award for Women Writers
2009
Result:
Winner
AAWP Prize for Best Postgraduate Paper
2009
Result:
Winner
Postgraduate Queensland Writing Prize
2011
Result:
Winner
iBooks Book of the Year
2014
Work:
Lost & Found
Result:
Winner
Matt Richell Award for New Writer
2015
Organization:
Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA)
Result:
Winner
ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year
2015
Work:
Lost & Found
Organization:
Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA)
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lost & Found
2014 NovelThe story of three characters living on the South West coast of Western Australia. Inspired by the sudden death of her mother in 2007.
grieflosschildlike wonderworld-weary experience
Translations
- Rights sold to 25 countries, translated into 20 languages
Bibliography
- Lost & Found (Hachette Australia, 2014)
- Future Brooke (Mothers and Others, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2015)
- Karl the Touch Typist (Rex: The Journal of New Writing Vol. 3 No. 2, 2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- whimsically humorousa potent mix of childlike wonder and world-weary experience
- Recurring Motifs
- process of grievingdeconstructing social mores
Legacy
Best-selling novelist whose debut Lost & Found sparked a bidding war at the 2014 London Book Fair, with rights sold to 25 countries and translated into 20 languages.
In Popular Culture
- Featured in ABC's Australian Story documentary 'Driving Miss Davis' (July 2014)
Trivia
- Twitter: @thisisbrooked
- Facebook author page