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Craig Silvey was born on 1 January, 1982 in Australia, is an Australian novelist and musician. Discover Craig Silvey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?

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Occupation Novelist
Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January, 1982
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Australia
Nationality Australia

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1800

Silvey describes the school as unusual in that it is located in Armadale's Pioneer Village which is an open-air museum "...in the style of an 1800s gold mining town with an old mine shaft".

"It was certainly weird", says Silvey.

"The girls had straw hats and big white socks, the boys had black cricket-style caps. Other than that it was standard private-school fare. The classes were small and the teachers great."

Silvey's secondary education was at the independent Frederick Irwin Anglican School in Mandurah.

Rather than going to university, Silvey took on menial labouring and cleaning jobs to support his writing.

1982

Craig Silvey (born 1 January 1982 ) is an Australian novelist.

Silvey has twice been named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists by The Sydney Morning Herald and has been shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

2004

He published his first novel, Rhubarb, in 2004, after writing it when he was only 19 years old.

2005

This novel would place Silvey on The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists list in 2005.

Rhubarb was selected as the inaugural book for the "One Book" series of events at the 2005 Perth International Arts Festival, and was included in the Australian national "Books Alive" campaign.

2008

Silvey's second novel Jasper Jones was completed in early 2008 with the aid of an Australia Council's New Work Grant.

The novel was described as conforming "to the conventions of Australian Gothic, which projects contemporary experience onto … dysfunctional families in small, remote towns.... where young protagonists encounter violence or death, and where outsiders are punished for their difference".

Jasper Jones is Silvey's most successful novel, selling well (half a million copies), and having won or been short listed for several prominent literary awards.

2009

His 2009 second novel was selected by the American Library Association as "Best Fiction for Young Adults" in their 2012 list, and was made into the movie Jasper Jones in 2017.

Silvey grew up in a town in the south-west of Western Australia called Dwellingup.

His father was an industrial arts teacher, and his mother was a teacher-librarian.

His education be at the Independent Pioneer Village School.

2010

In 2010, Silvey was once again named one of The Sydney Morning Herald 's Best Young Australian Novelists of the year.

Silvey says of his literary influences that "I've always been attracted to Southern Gothic fiction. There's something very warm and generous about those regional American writers like Twain and Lee and Capote, and it seemed to be a literary ilk that would lend itself well to the Australian condition."

Australian authors Silvey admires include Shaun Tan, Markus Zusak, Christos Tsiolkas, Tim Winton and Gail Jones who he says "write such distinct, brave and beautiful books that simply render me awestruck".

He currently lives in Fremantle.

Silvey is a musician and plays the electric ukulele in The Nancy Sikes band.

2011

Jasper Jones was shortlisted for the 2011 International Dublin Literary Award.

2012

The novel was shortlisted for the Michael L. Printz Award in 2012 by the American Library Association.

Honeybee won the Fiction prize at the 2021 Indie Book Awards and was shortlisted for the 2021 Literary fiction book of the year at the Australian Book Industry Awards.

Runt won the Book of the Year and the Children's prize at the 2023 Indie Book Awards.

It also won the Children's book award at the 2023 BookPeople Book of the Year Awards.

It also won the 2023 CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers.

2017

A film adaptation of the novel, based on a screenplay written by Silvey and Shaun Grant, was released in 2017.

The film was directed by Rachel Perkins and stars Toni Collette, Levi Miller, Aaron McGrath, and Angourie Rice.