Chloe Hooper

Chloe Hooper
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
EducationLauriston Girls' School
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Columbia University
OccupationsNovelist, journalist
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
Years active2002–present

Chloe Hooper is an Australian author. She is known for her 2008 non-fiction work, The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island

Early life and education

Chloe Hooper was born in Melbourne, Victoria.

She attended Lauriston Girls' School, and then the University of Melbourne and Columbia University.

Career

Hooper's first novel, A Child's Book of True Crime (2002), was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Literature and was a New York Times Notable Book.

In 2005, she turned to reportage and the next year won a Walkley Award for her writing on the 2004 Palm Island death in custody case. The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (2008) is a non-fiction account of the same case.[1]

Her 2018 book, The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire, published in the United States by Seven Stories Press in 2020, investigates the Black Saturday bushfires, one of the most devastating wildfires in Australian history.

Awards and recognition

Hooper was a recipient of a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, an award of A$160,000 given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders.[2]

Books

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "The Tall Man". Copyright Agency Reading Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation". Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Chloe Hooper @ Fantastic Fiction
  4. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire". The Stella Prize 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "National Biography Award". State Library of NSW. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sworder wins ABIA Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 21 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 Story, Hannah (21 May 2026). "The Mushroom Tapes, Mad Mabel triumph at Australian Book Industry Awards". ABC News. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  9. ↑ ""The Shortlist for the Indie Book Awards 2026: Non-Fiction"". ArtsHub. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "The Tall Man - Chloe Hooper". Official website. Penguin Group (Australia). Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Hooper, Chloe. "The Arsonist". Seven Stories Press. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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