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==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==


==== [[Australian Book Industry Awards]] ====
=== [[Australian Book Industry Awards]] ===


* 2010: Shortlist: ''Affection''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.textpublishing.com.au/blog/australian-book-industry-awards-2010shortlists-announced|title=Australian Book Industry Awards 2010 Shortlists Announced|last=|first=|date=26 May 2010|website=Text Publishing|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>
* 2010: Shortlist: ''Affection''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.textpublishing.com.au/blog/australian-book-industry-awards-2010shortlists-announced|title=Australian Book Industry Awards 2010 Shortlists Announced|last=|first=|date=26 May 2010|website=Text Publishing|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>


==== [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards|Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Manuscript]] ====
=== [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards|Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Manuscript]] ===


* 2005: Shortlist: ''His Father's Son''
* 2005: Shortlist: ''His Father's Son''


==== [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards|Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Queensland Author Manuscript Award]] ====
=== [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards|Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Queensland Author Manuscript Award]] ===


* 2007: Shortlist: ''Paper Dolls, Holding Hands''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/53501|title=Queensland Literary Awards Shortlist Announced|last=|first=|date=16 August 2007|website=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>
* 2007: Shortlist: ''Paper Dolls, Holding Hands''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/53501|title=Queensland Literary Awards Shortlist Announced|last=|first=|date=16 August 2007|website=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>


==== [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards|Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Non-Fiction Book Award]] ====
=== [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards|Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Non-Fiction Book Award]] ===


* 2010: Shortlist: ''Affection''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/71092|title=Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Shortlist Announced|last=|first=|date=16 August 2010|website=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>
* 2010: Shortlist: ''Affection''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/71092|title=Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Shortlist Announced|last=|first=|date=16 August 2010|website=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>


==== [[Stella Prize]] ====
=== [[Stella Prize]] ===


* 2018: Shortlist: ''An Uncertain Grace''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2018-prize/|title=The 2018 Stella Prize|last=|first=|date=|website=Stella Prize|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref>
* 2018: Shortlist: ''An Uncertain Grace''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2018-prize/|title=The 2018 Stella Prize|last=|first=|date=|website=Stella Prize|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref>


==== [[Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize]] ====
=== [[Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize]] ===


* 2014: Winner: ''Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/210893648|title=Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle|website=Trove Books, National Library of Australia|accessdate=10 February 2018}}</ref>
* 2014: Winner: ''Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/210893648|title=Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle|website=Trove Books, National Library of Australia|accessdate=10 February 2018}}</ref>


==== [[Queensland Literary Awards|Queensland Literary Awards: Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance]] ====
=== [[Queensland Literary Awards|Queensland Literary Awards: Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance]] ===


* 2019: Shortlist: ''Wintering''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/2019-queensland-literary-awards-winners-and-finalists|title=2019 Queensland Literary Awards Winners and Finalists|last=|first=|date=|website=State Library of Queensland|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>
* 2019: Shortlist: ''Wintering''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/2019-queensland-literary-awards-winners-and-finalists|title=2019 Queensland Literary Awards Winners and Finalists|last=|first=|date=|website=State Library of Queensland|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

Revision as of 10:06, 16 August 2020

Krissy Kneen
Born1968
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAustralian
Website
www.krissykneen.com

Krissy Kneen is a Brisbane-based bookseller and writer. Kneen has been shortlisted three times for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award, and in 2014 won the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize.

She is the author of a short collection of erotica, Swallow the Sound, and a memoir, Affection. Kneen has also penned a collection of erotica entitled Triptych. Her first novel, Steeplechase, was published in 2013. Her work is described as "Transgressive, sardonic, lyrical, comic; irresistibly erotic yet also romantic, Krissy Kneen's writing has been acclaimed for its fearless honesty. In this suite of linked stories, she addresses taboos of all kinds with a subtle wit and an insistence on sexual pleasure that will delight readers"[1]

She is founding member of Eatbooks Inc and is the marketing and promotions officer at Avid Reader bookshop.[2] She lives in New Farm, Brisbane, with her husband and no pets.[3]

She appeared in 4 events at the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4]

Published works

Novels

  • Swallow the Sound, Eatbooks, 2007, ISBN 9780980323207[5]
  • Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex & Intimacy, Text Publishing, 2009, ISBN 9781921656729[6]
  • Triptych, An Erotic Adventure: 3 Stories in 1, Text Publishing, 2011, ISBN 9781921758706[7]
  • Steeplechase, Text Publishing, 2013, ISBN 9781922079879
  • The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine, Text Publishing, 2015, ISBN 9781922079381
  • An Uncertain Grace, Text Publishing, 2017, ISBN 9781925355987
  • Wintering, Text Publishing, 2018, ISBN 9781925603880

Poetry

  • Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle, University of Queensland Press, 2015, ISBN 9780702253744

Contributed chapter

  • "The university and the beast: a fairy tale", pp. 263–276, in: Destroying the Joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want, 2015, ISBN 9781459687295

Awards and nominations

Australian Book Industry Awards

  • 2010: Shortlist: Affection[8]

Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Manuscript

  • 2005: Shortlist: His Father's Son

Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Queensland Author Manuscript Award

  • 2007: Shortlist: Paper Dolls, Holding Hands[9]

Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Non-Fiction Book Award

  • 2010: Shortlist: Affection[10]

Stella Prize

  • 2018: Shortlist: An Uncertain Grace.[11]

Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize

  • 2014: Winner: Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle[12]

Queensland Literary Awards: Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance

  • 2019: Shortlist: Wintering[13]

References

  1. ^ Triptych
  2. ^ "Krissy Kneen – Melbourne Writers Festival". Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  3. ^ Author and blogger Krissy Kneen
  4. ^ "Brisbane Writers' Festival 2017". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. ^ ""Swallow the Sound, Krissy Kneen"". Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex & Intimacy, Krissy Kneen"
  7. ^ Krissy Kneen – National Library of Australia
  8. ^ "Australian Book Industry Awards 2010 Shortlists Announced". Text Publishing. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Queensland Literary Awards Shortlist Announced". Queensland Government. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Shortlist Announced". Queensland Government. 16 August 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "The 2018 Stella Prize". Stella Prize. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle". Trove Books, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  13. ^ "2019 Queensland Literary Awards Winners and Finalists". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 28 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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