Chris Nyst

Chris Nyst
Born	November 1953 (age 57–58) Blackall, Queensland
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Australian
Education	Law Degree (University of Queensland)
Genres	Crime fiction

Chris Nyst (born November 1953) in Blackall, Queensland, is an Australian solicitor and crime fiction writer.

Chris Nyst is the founding principal of Nyst Lawyers. In 2001, Chris resigned as a senior partner with the international Minter Ellison Legal Group to set up a boutique litigation practice with a hand-picked group of hard-hitting litigators.

Recognised as one of Australia’s leading litigators and a specialist in criminal law and international extradition law, Chris is an adjunct professor of law with the Griffith University. He is a senior member of the International Commission of Jurists and was a special adviser to the UN investigation into human rights violations in East Timor. He is a founder and current executive member of the internationally renowned Griffith University Innocence Project.

In 1999, Chris turned his hand to fiction writing his first novel “Cop This!” which was assessed as “superb” by the Melbourne Age and saw him acclaimed as “Australia’s John Grisham” by Bulletin/Newsweek Magazine. His second novel “Gone” was short-listed for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and his third novel “Crook as Rookwood” won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award, Australia’s leading accolade for crime fiction.

Chris launched his career in film with the acclaimed Australian movie “Gettin’ Square”, starring David Wenham and Sam Worthington, which he wrote and co-produced. The film won Chris the 2003 Lexus IF Award for Best Screenplay and won David Wenham the Best Actor award at the AFI Awards, the Critic’s Circle Awards, the Lexus IF Awards and the Australian Comedy Awards.

In 2006, Chris established his own production company Nyst Entertainment, which produced the 2007 feature film “Crooked Business”. He wrote and directed the film, which was released nationally in 2008.

Chris has recently been appointed as a Director to the Board of Screen Queensland.

Awards and nominations

• Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, Best Film, 2003: nominated for "Gettin' Square"
• Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, Best Original Screenplay, 2003: nominated for "Gettin' Square"
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Script Writing Award, 2004: shortlisted for "Gettin' Square"
• Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2006: joint winner for Crook as Rookwood

Bibliography

Novels

• Cop This! (1999)
• Gone (2000)
• Crook as Rookwood (2005)

Screenplays

• Gettin' Square (2003)^[1]
• Crooked Business (2008, forthcoming)^[2]

References

1. ^ IMDB "Gettin' Square"
2. ^ IMDB "Crooked Business"

External links

• Chris Nyst (Official Site)
• Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin Columns
• Media Coverage of Christopher Nyst

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Name	Nyst, Christopher
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Date of birth	1953
Place of birth	Blackall, Queensland
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