Chris Flynn (author)

Chris Flynn is an Australian author, editor and critic.[1]

Chris Flynn

Bibliography

Flynn's first novel, A Tiger in Eden was released in Australia by Text Publishing in March 2012.[2] It was shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize.[3] His second novel, The Glass Kingdom [4] was released in May 2014 and his third, Mammoth, was published in March 2020.[5]

McSweeney's issue 41, released July 2012,[6] features a portfolio of fiction by Indigenous Australian writers, Terra Australis: Four Stories from Aboriginal Australian Writers, curated, edited and introduced by Flynn.

Flynn contributed to a regular column, Odd Jobs,[7] on The Paris Review Daily, the blog page of The Paris Review. He has written for the Griffith Review,[8] The Age,[9] The Australian,[10] The Books and Arts Daily Show[11] on ABC Radio National, Meanjin,[12] The Big Issue Australia[13] and many other publications.

Mammoth was shortlisted for the Fiction prize at the 2021 Indie Book Awards.[14]

Works

Novels
  • The Glass Kingdom[16]

Book reviews
  • Flynn, Chris (June 2011). "[Untitled review]". Australian Book Review (332): 42.
    • Review of: Goldbloom, Goldie. You lose these + other stories. Fremantle Press. ISBN 9781921696879.

Personal life

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1972, Flynn has resided in Melbourne, Australia since 1999.

References
  1. Books and Authors – Text Publishing
  2. A Tiger in Eden – Text Publishing
  5. Flynn, Chris (2020). Mammoth. St Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-6274-6. OCLC 1141451294.
  7. Odd Jobs | The Paris Review
  8. Chris Flynn - Griffith REVIEW | Griffith REVIEW
  9. Search Results
  10. http://search.news.com.au/search?us=ndmtheaustralian&as=TAUS&filter-site=TheAustralian&q=chris+flynn
  11. "Search - Books and Arts Daily - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  17. https://www.uqp.com.au/books/mammoth

Further reading



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