Craig Sherborne

Craig Sherborne (born 1962) is an Australian poet, playwright and novelist. He was born in Sydney and attended Scots College there before studying drama in London. He lives in Melbourne.

Awards

• The Ones Out of Town, 1989 winner Wal Cherry Play of the Year Award for Best Unproduced Play
• Hoi Polloi, 2006 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction
• Hoi Polloi, 2007 highly commended National Biography Award
• Muck, 2008 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction
• Muck, 2008 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Non-Fiction Book
• The Amateur Science of Love, 2011 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
• The Amateur Science of Love, 2012 winner Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award
• The Amateur Science of Love, 2012 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Award for New Writing
• Tree Palace, 2015 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award

Bibliography

Novels

• The Amateur Science of Love (2011)
• Tree Palace (2014)
• Off the Record: A novel (2018)
• The Grass Hotel (2022)

Poetry

Collections

• Necessary Evil (2006)

Selected list of poems

Drama

• The Ones Out of Town (1989)
• Look at Everything Twice, For Me (1999)
• Off the Record (2004)

Autobiography

• Hoi Polloi (2005)
• Muck (2007)

References