Venero Armanno

Venero Armanno (born August 19 1959) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Brisbane of Sicilian parents, he received a BA from the University of Queensland, and later an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from the Queensland University of Technology.

Awards

* One Book One Brisbane, 2004: shortlisted for "Firehead
* One Book One Brisbane, 2003: shortlisted for "Volcano"
* Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, 2002: winner for "Volcano"
* Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror, 1995: runner-up for "My Beautiful Friend"
* Warana Writers' Awards, Steele Rudd Award, 1993: runner-up for "Jumping at the Moon"
* The Australian/Vogel Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript), 1992: highly commended for "The Lonely Hunter"

Bibliography

Novels

*"The Lonely Hunter" (1993)
*"Romeo of the Underworld" (1994)
*"My Beautiful Friend" (1995)
*"Strange Rain" (1996)
*"Firehead" (1999)
*"Volcano" (2001)
*"Candle Life" (2006)
*"The Dirty Beat" (2007)

hort Story Collections

*"Jumping at the Moon" (1992)

Young Adult

*"The Ghost of Love Street" (1997)
*"The Ghost of Deadman's Beach" (1998)

Children's

*"The Very Super Adventures of Nic and Naomi" (2002)

Interviews

*"The Australian" [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22712810-5001986,00.html]

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