Nicholas Francis Ward Earls (born 8 October 1963) is a novelist from Brisbane, Australia, who writes humorous popular fiction about everyday life. The majority of his novels are set in his home town of Brisbane. He fronted a major Brisbane tourism campaign.[1]
Nick Earls
Born
Nicholas Francis Ward Earls (1963-10-08) 8 October 1963 (age 60) Newtownards, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Earls has been compared to Nick Hornby.[5]Zigzag Street, his second novel, won the Betty Trask Award in 1998[6] (sharing with Kiran Desai's Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard). His young-adult novel, 48 Shades of Brown, won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers in 2000.[7] Several of his novels (After January and 48 Shades of Brown) have been adapted for theatre, and 48 Shades of Brown was adapted into a film entitled 48 Shades, released in August 2006. Earls has also written other novels, including Bachelor Kisses (which borrows its title from a song by Brisbane band The Go-Betweens), Perfect Skin, World of Chickens, The Thompson Gunner, and young adult novels After January, and Making Laws for Clouds.[8]
Earls has also contributed to the four best-selling anthologies in the Girls' Night In series as well as Kids' Night In and Kids' Night in 2 as editor. His most recent novels are Welcome to Normal, a collection of original short stories, The True Story of Butterfish, about a former rock star re-adjusting to mundane life in the Brisbane suburbs, and Monica Bloom, based on his own adolescent experience of an ill-fated crush.[4]
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Nicholas Francis Ward Earls born 8 October 1963 is a novelist from Brisbane Australia who writes humorous popular fiction about everyday life The majority of his novels are set in his home town of Brisbane He fronted a major Brisbane tourism campaign 1 Nick EarlsBornNicholas Francis Ward Earls 1963 10 08 8 October 1963 age 60 Newtownards Northern Ireland United KingdomOccupationNovelistNationalityAustralianWebsitenickearls wbr wordpress wbr com Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Bibliography 3 1 For children 3 1 1 Series Word Hunters 3 2 Short fiction 3 2 1 Collections 3 3 Poetry 3 4 Critical studies and reviews 4 References 5 External linksBiography editEarls was born on 8 October 1963 in Newtownards Northern Ireland 2 He emigrated to Australia with his parents and sister at the age of nine Living in Brisbane he was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School there 3 He completed a medical degree at the University of Queensland and worked as a GP before turning to writing 4 Career editEarls has been compared to Nick Hornby 5 Zigzag Street his second novel won the Betty Trask Award in 1998 6 sharing with Kiran Desai s Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard His young adult novel 48 Shades of Brown won the Children s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers in 2000 7 Several of his novels After January and 48 Shades of Brown have been adapted for theatre and 48 Shades of Brown was adapted into a film entitled 48 Shades released in August 2006 Earls has also written other novels including Bachelor Kisses which borrows its title from a song by Brisbane band The Go Betweens Perfect Skin World of Chickens The Thompson Gunner and young adult novels After January and Making Laws for Clouds 8 Earls has also contributed to the four best selling anthologies in the Girls Night In series as well as Kids Night In and Kids Night in 2 as editor His most recent novels are Welcome to Normal a collection of original short stories The True Story of Butterfish about a former rock star re adjusting to mundane life in the Brisbane suburbs and Monica Bloom based on his own adolescent experience of an ill fated crush 4 Several of his books have been adapted for the stage by Brisbane s La Boite Theatre Company He is referenced in the film All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane Bibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2015 Year Work Notes2021 Empires novel2017 Wisdom Tree novella series2015 New Boy novel2014 Analogue Men novel2012 Welcome to Normal short stories2011 The Fix novel2009 The True Story of Butterfish novel2007 Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight young adult novel co written with Rebecca SparrowA revealed life Australian writers and their journeys in memoir collection of memoirs from Australian writers including Nick Earls edited by Julianne Schultz2006 Monica Bloom young adult novelMaking waves 10 years of the Byron Bay Writers Festival collection of short works by Australian authors including Nick Earls edited by Marele Day Susan Bradley Smith and Fay Knight2004 The Thompson Gunner novel2003 Kid s Night In edited by Jessica Adams Juliet Partridge and Nick Earls2002 Making Laws for Clouds young adult novel2001 World of Chickens novel2000 Penguin Australian Summer Stories 3 collection of short stories by Australian authors including Nick EarlsPerfect Skin novel1999 48 Shades of Brown young adult novel1998 Bachelor Kisses novel Set in a house in Bayliss Street Toowong Brisbane Australia 9 There Must Be Lions Stories About Mental Illness with Sonya Hartnett and Heide Seaman features Nick Earl s short story There Must Be LionsThe Gift of Story edited by Marion Halligan and Rosanne Fitzgibbon features Nick Earls short story Plaza1996 Zigzag Street novel Set in a house addressed as 34 Zigzag Street Red Hill Brisbane Australia 10 After January young adult novelSmashed Australian drinking stories collection edited by Matthew Condon and Richard Lawson includes Nick Earls short story GreenOriginal Sin edited by Robyn Sheahan includes Nick Earls short story Box shaped HeartSporting Declaration edited by Manfred Jurgensen includes Nick Earls short story PEBlur Stories by young Australian writers edited by James Bradley includes Nick Earls short story Head games1995 Paradise To Paranoia New Queensland Writing edited by Nigel Krauth and Robyn Sheehan includes Nick Earls short story Meanwhile thirty eight above CharlottePicador New Writing 3 edited by Drusilla Modjeska and Beth Yahp includes Nick Earls short story The Goatflap brothers and the house of namesNightmares in Paradise compiled by Robyn Sheahan includes Nick Earls short story JulietFor children edit Series Word Hunters edit Earls Nick Whidborne Terry 2012 The curious dictionary St Lucia Qld University of Queensland Press Short fiction edit Title Year First published Reprinted collectedMoving 1993 Earls Nick 1993 Moving Outrider A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia 10 49 58 Issue titled Queensland words and all Earls Nick 1999 Headgames Ringwood Vic Penguin pp 233 246 Dog 1 Dog 2 1993 Earls Nick 1993 Dog 1 Dog 2 Outrider A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia 10 59 64 Issue titled Queensland words and all Earls Nick 1999 Headgames Ringwood Vic Penguin pp 73 84 Kaminsky Leah ed 2010 The pen and the stethoscope Carlton North Vic Scribe pp 156 164 Collections edit Earls Nick 1992 Passion St Lucia Qld University of Queensland Press 1999 Headgames Ringwood Vic Penguin 2012 Welcome to Normal North Sydney NSW Vintage Poetry edit Earls Nick 1985 Near and far away Clayfield Qld Boolarong Critical studies and reviews edit Poacher Jeffrey September 2011 Comic spin Australian Book Review 334 50 Review of The fix Introduction to a reissue of The Delinquents by Criena Rohan 2014 Retrieved 17 October 2015References edit Media Release Nick Earls tells Brisbane s story through new campaign Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Brisbane Marketing 20 March 2002 Author Nick Earls Penguin Group Mason James 2011 Churchie The Centenary Register Brisbane Australia The Anglican Church Grammar School ISBN 978 0 646 55807 3 a b Silkstone Dan Mature face of Aussie lad lit The Age 15 July 2006 Wyndham Susan The Hot Seat Nick Earls The Sydney Morning Herald 2 September 2006 The Betty Trask Prizes and Awards Past Winners The Society of Authors Archived from the original on 24 June 2013 Winners 2000 2006 CBCA Archived from the original on 5 January 2010 Retrieved 9 October 2015 Sunny Garden The Official Nick Earls Website Sunny Garden The Official Nick Earls Website 23 April 2007 Earls Nick 1998 Bachelor Kisses Ringwood VIC Viking p 20 ISBN 0670877859 Earls Nick 1996 Zigzag Street Moorebank NSW Anchor p 104 ISBN 0868246786 External links editNick Earls the official Nick Earls web site The University of Queensland 2006 Alumnus of the Year Stories from the Q150 Steam Train Nick Earls by Nick Earls a 3 min 56 sec video published by State Library of Queensland as part of Storylines Q150 digital stories Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nick Earls amp oldid 1185307185, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
