Christine Harris (born 1955) is an Australian writer of
children's
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and
young adult
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with works both in
speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term, umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from Realism (arts), realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or ...
and historical fiction.
Biography
Christine Harris was born in
Mile End, South Australia in 1955.
In 1992 Harris' first book was released, entitled ''Outer Face'' which was a collection of 14 of her short stories.
She has since released numerous other short stories and released three other collections. Harris has also had published over ten novels including three series, written seven poems and released a picture book and two anthologies.
She has won or been nominated for various awards including the 1999
Aurealis Award
The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.
History
The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...
best horror novel for ''
Foreign Devil'', and the 2009
White Ravens Award for ''Audrey of the Outback'', among others.
She was joint winner of the 2009
Children's Peace Literature Award
Children's Peace Literature Award is an Australian literary prize awarded every other year by the South Australian Psychologists for Peace, an interest group of the Australian Psychological Society.
The Children's Peace Literature Award was inau ...
for ''Audrey Goes to Town''.
Bibliography
Novels
Vibes
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Jigsaw'' (1998)
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Shadows
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'' (1998)
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Masks
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'' (1998)
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Suspicion'' (1998)
Hot Shots
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Brain Drain'' (2001)
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Windbag'' (2001)
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Psycho Gran'' (2001)
Spy Girl
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Secrets'' (2004)
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Fugitive
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'' (2005)
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Nightmare
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'' (2006)
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Danger
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Places
* Danger Cave, an archaeological site in Utah
* Danger Island, Great Chagos Bank, Indian Ocean
* Danger Island, alternate name of Pukapuka Atoll in the Cook Islands, Pacific Ocean
* Danger Island ...
'' (2006)
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Twisted'' (2007)
Audrey of the Outback
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It's a Miroocool!'' Picture book (2012)
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Audrey of the Outback'' (2008)
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Audrey Goes to Town'' (2008)
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Audrey's Big Secret'' (2009)
Raven Lucas
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Missing'' (2012)
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Dead Wrong'' (2012)
Other novels
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Strike!'' (1994)
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Outer Face'' (1995)
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Countdown'' (1995)
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Baptism of Fire'' (1996)
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Pitt Man'' (1996)
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Deadly Friends'' (1997)
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Slime Time'' (1997)
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Torture Chamber
A torture chamber is a room equipped, and sometimes specially constructed, for the infliction of torture. '' (1997)
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Foreign Devil'' (1999)
*''Omega'' (2000)
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Jamil's Shadow'' (2001)
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Hairy Legs'' (2001)
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Halfway Round The World'' (2001)
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Head Space'' (2004)
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Outback: The Diary of Jimmy Porter 1927-1928'' (2005)
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Cool Bananas'' (2007)
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Mask of the Jackal'' (2007)
Collections
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Outer Face'' (1992)
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Buried Secrets'' (1993)
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Widdershins
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'' (aka ''Party Animals'') (1995)
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Fortune Cookies'' (1998)
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Warped'' (2000)
Omnibuses
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Mystery Stories for Girls'' (2006) (part of the ''7 Sister Mysteries'' with
Ellen Miles)
*''Freaks'' (2007) (features ''Torture Chamber'', ''Wally the Undead'', and ''Slime Time'')
Plays
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Break a Leg
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'' (2001)
Chapter books
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It Came from the Lab'' (1999)
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Brain Drain'' (2001)
Picture books
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Sleeping In'' (1997)
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I Don't Want to Go to School
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'' (2000)
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Snowy's Rescue'' (2007)
Non-fiction
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Trees in My Ears: Children from Around the World Talk to Christine Harris'' (1992)
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Oddballs'' (1998)
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Little Book of Elephants'' (2000)
Poems
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Suffocating'' (2000) in ''Warped''
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Mesmerised'' (2000) in ''Warped''
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Sick'' (2000) in ''Warped''
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Splatter'' (2000) in ''Warped''
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Scream'' (2000) in ''Warped''
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Sharp'' (2000) in ''Warped''
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Control'' (2000) in ''Warped''
Short fiction
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Aliens Sprom Outer Face" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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Jenny and Mouse" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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Second Hand" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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Mirror Door" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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Not Bad for a City Kid" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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All About Lavinia" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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The Book of Spells" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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A Bad Year" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
*"The Boarder" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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Minding the Gum" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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Knocked Out" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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When the Dragon Raises Its Head" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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Perfect Target" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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What Mingumma Never Saw" (1992) in ''Outer Face''
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Seeing Is Believing" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Zorro Strikes Again" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Black Widow Women" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Metal Mouth" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Longing for William" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Shadows
A shadow is a dark area on a surface where light from a light source is blocked by an object. In contrast, shade occupies the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross-section of a shadow is a two-dimensiona ...
" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Alex and Alex" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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The Missing Finger" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Martin John Davis" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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My Worst Nightmare" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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The Dream" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Waiting for Paris" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Welcome Back" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Madonna and the Big Night Out" (1993) in ''Buried Secrets''
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Perfect Replica" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Bedroom Spy" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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The Haunting of Clayton Quinn" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Party Animal" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Not Much Time" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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My Enemy" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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A Sort of Agent" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Throwback" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Widdershins
Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a term meaning to go counter-clockwise, anti-clockwise, or lefthandwise, or to walk around an object by always keeping it on the left. Literally, it means to take a course opp ...
" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Any Day" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Dinner at the Tumbling Turnip" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Monique and the Animal" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
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Quadruple Babes" (1995) in ''Widdershins''
*"
A Real Corpse" (1997) in ''
Shivers: A Real Corpse / Spook Bus'' (ed.
Paul Collins)
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Rent-A-Crowd" (1997) in ''
Deadly Friends'' (ed. Claire Carmichael, Margaret Clark, Christine Harris)
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Hungry Ghosts" (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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Made in Australia" (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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Like Father Like Son" (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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Dear Alice" (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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Dancing on the Carpet (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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Any Day" (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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Another Burger" (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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A Good Name" (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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Orange Umbrellas" (1998) in ''Fortune Cookies''
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The Trap" (2000) in ''
Tales from the Wasteland: Stories from the 13th Floor'' (ed. Paul Collins)
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Warped" (2000) in ''Warped''
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A Stupid Dream" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Ho Blasted Ho!" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Make-Believe" (2000) in ''Warped''
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What About Me?" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Truth-Dare-Doubledare" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Use-By Date" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Love at First Byte" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Weaver Street Junkie" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Deciding the Future" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Alibi
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" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Outside the Universe" (2000) in ''Warped''
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The Class Mascot" (2000) in ''Warped''
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Together
''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi ...
" (2000) in ''Warped''
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Australian women novelists
Australian children's writers
20th-century Australian novelists
21st-century Australian novelists
20th-century Australian women writers
21st-century Australian women writers
Australian women children's writers