Christopher Green is an Australian writer of

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Biography

Green is a graduate of

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and currently lives in

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, Australia. His first story was published in 2008, entitled "Lakeside" which was published in the anthology ''

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'', edited by

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. "Lakeside" was a finalist at the 2008

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. In 2009 Green had three stories on the short-list at the

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– "Having Faith" was a finalist in the horror short story division but lost to Paul Haines' "

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", a "A Hundredth Name" was a finalist in the science fiction short story division but lost to

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's " Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens", and "

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" won the fantasy short story award. Green was also a short-listed for the 2010

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for new talent. In 2011 Green started writing his first novel. Entitled ''Arizona Afterwards'' he published the novel online as a free one-chapter-a-week novel. Green also released his first collection, ''Love and Other Losses'', which contained 14 short stories. It was published by Nighttime Logic as an

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Bibliography

Collections

Novels

Short fiction

References

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