Chloe Hooper | |
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Born | Chloe Melisande Hooper 26 October 1973 Melbourne, Australia |
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Lauriston Girls' School |
Alma mater |
University of Melbourne Columbia University |
Years active | 2002–present |
Chloe Melisande Hooper (born 26 October 1973) is an Australian author.
Her 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.