Matthew Condon

Matthew Condon
Born	1962 (age 48–49)
Nationality	Australian

Matthew Condon (born 1962) is a prize-winning Australian writer and journalist.

Biography

Educated at the University of Queensland and the Goethe Institute, Bremen, Germany,^[1] he is the author of ten novels and short story collections, including The Lulu Magnet, A Night at the Pink Poodle, The Motorcycle Cafe, The Pillow Fight and, most recently, The Trout Opera,^[2] an epic novel that took him more than ten years to write and examines the Australian character through its chief protagonist, Wilfred Lampe, a rabbiter and farm hand who spends his entire life in the township of Dalgety, on the banks of the Snowy River. The Sydney Daily Telegraph described the novel as "an instant classic". The novel will be published by Doubleday in the UK in 2009.

Condon, who now writes for The Courier-Mail and is the father of two children, is based in Brisbane, Australia.

Bibliography

Novels

• The Motorcycle Cafe, 1988
• Usher, 1991
• The Ancient Guild of Tycoons, 1994
• A Night at the Pink Poodle, 1995
• The Pillow Fight, 1998
• Lime Bar, 2001
• The Trout Opera, 2007
• Mulligan: On Being a Hack Golfer, 2007

Short fiction

• "Tattoo" (1996) in Original Sin (ed. Robyn Sheahan)

Short story collections

• The Lulu Magnet, 1996

Children's fiction

Non-fiction—Brisbane, 2010

• The Tunnel, 1997

Edited

• Smashed: Australian Drinking Stories, 1996

Awards and nominations

• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Fiction, 1989: shortlisted for The Motorcycle Cafe
• NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1992: shortlisted for Usher
• NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1995: shortlisted for The Ancient Guild of Tycoons
• Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story, 1996: shortlisted for "Tattoo"
• Warana Writers' Awards, Steele Rudd Award, 1996: winner for A Night at the Pink Poodle
• Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award, 1997: joint winner for The Lulu Magnet
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2008: shortlisted for The Trout Opera
• Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, 2008: shortlisted for The Trout Opera
• Australia-Asia Literary Award, 2008: longlisted^[3]

References

1. ^ AustLit Agent
2. ^ Random House Australia - Book Details - THE TROUT OPERA
3. ^ Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008

External links

• Matthew Condon at Random House Australia

Persondata
Name	Condon, Matthew
Alternative names
Short description	Australian writer
Date of birth	1962
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death
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