Andrew Croome

Andrew Croome is a writer living in Canberra. His first work of fiction was Document Z , a Cold War historical novel. It won the 2008 The Australian /Vogel Literary Award and the UTS Award for New Writing at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book and the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. In 2010 he was named a Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year. His articles and reviews have appeared in various...See more

Andrew Croome is a writer living in Canberra. His first work of fiction was Document Z , a Cold War historical novel. It won the 2008 The Australian /Vogel Literary Award and the UTS Award for New Writing at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book and the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. In 2010 he was named a Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year. His articles and reviews have appeared in various publications, including The Age and The Australian . After a research trip to Las Vegas, his second novel, Midnight Empire , was completed in Laos. Andrew holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne which examined the relationship between fiction and history. Raised in Hobart and Albury-Wodonga, he has worked as a computer programmer and writing teacher. In lean times, he has also supported his writing by playing poker. When not writing novels, he works as a freelance copywriter. See less