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Neil Grant Neil Grant i(A69874 works by)
Born: Established: 1966 Glasgow,
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Neil Grant was born in Scotland and came to Australia at the age of thirteen. He finished high school at the International School of Kuala Lumpur after which he travelled extensively, and has worked in a wide variety of jobs, including jobs as an instrument steriliser, a brickie's labourer, and a carrot picker. Grant has written young adult novels and poetry. Neil has three children and lives in Cottles Bridge, Victoria.

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y separately published work icon The Honeyman and the Hunter Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 15402823 2019 single work novel young adult

'Rudra, the son of a fisherman, lives quietly in a small town on the Central Coast of NSW. He has dealt with racism his whole life but hasn't engaged with his Indian heritage until two events change the pattern of his days: his grandmother, his Didima, visits from India; and then while out fishing, Rudra and his dad haul up a tiger skull in their net. Soon Rudra and his mum are on a journey to India, where Rudra seeks to discover answers to the questions he'd never thought to ask. A wonderfully compelling novel underpinned by journeys of discovery and notions of belonging.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Young Adults' Fiction
2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book
2020 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Young Adult Book designed by Amanda Gibson.
y separately published work icon The Ink Bridge Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2012 Z1851319 2012 single work novel young adult

'Each step becomes a heartbeat and I feel the distance between Omed and me closing. I remember when I first met him - when he had showed me what bravery meant. How he had stood up for what he believed. In the end that had been his undoing.

'Omed is a boy from Afghanistan. After making an enemy of the Taliban on the day the Buddhas of Bamiyan are destroyed, he undertakes a perilous journey to seek asylum in Australia. Hector is a grieving Australian boy who has given up on school and retreated into silence. Their paths meet at a candle factory where they both find work. But secrets fester behind the monotonous routine of assembling wax and wicks - secrets with terrible consequences. And, ultimately, it is up to Hector to see how the story ends.

'Omed's and Hector's beautifully told and compelling journeys will grip hold of your heart and not let go.' (From the publisher's website.)

2012 winner The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards Barbara Ramsden Award
2014 shortlisted Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Young Adult Fiction
2013 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Young Adult Fiction
2013 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
2013 honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Older Readers
2012 winner Queensland Literary Awards Young Adult Book Award
y separately published work icon 1000 Pencils : From Kinglake to Kabul Diamond Creek : Diamond Valley College , 2010 Z1720832 2010 anthology poetry autobiography short story prose This non-fiction text is an account of an exchange of stories between a school in Kabul and a school devastated by bushfires in Kinglake. As writer in residence, Neil Grant encourages the traumatized Australian students to make contact with their counterparts in an international school in Kabul. Their contact leads to a great deal of writing, including fictional pieces in which they experience vicariously the lives of others.
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