Nick Earls
Nick Earls publishes books for adults and younger readers and writes, novels, plays and short stories including bestselling novels Zigzag Street, Bachelor Kisses and Perfect Skin. His work has been published internationally in English and in translation. Zigzag Street won a Betty Trask Award in the UK in 1998, and Perfect Skin was the only novel nominated for an Australian Comedy Award in 2003. 48 Shades of Brown and Perfect Skin have been adapted into feature films, with Solo un Padre, the film adapted from the Italian edition of Perfect Skin, a top-ten box office hit in Italy in 2008. After January, 48 Shades of Brown, Zigzag Street and Perfect Skin have all been successfully adapted for theatre, and the Zigzag Street play toured nationally in 2005. The True Story Of Butterfish was also performed as a play. His most recent novel is The Fix.
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You know the scenario. You’re at the doctor’s waiting room or on a crowded train that has suddenly stopped. Not knowing how long you’ll be there, you probably don’t want to get stuck into your novel as you might have to leave it at a critical point – but you want to read something to keep boredom at bay. We have the answer. The short story. It has a beginning,...
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Books by Nick Earls
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The Fix
by Nick EarlsPublished: 02/07/2012
In need of some quick cash when he returns to Brisbane after years in London, Josh whores himself to his brother's PR firm and inadvertently becomes part of ‘the fix’.
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Welcome To Normal
by Nick EarlsPublished: 02/07/2012
'A writer hitting his straps with gusto.' - The Australian
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Merlo Girls (Storycuts)
by Nick EarlsPublished: 12/03/2012
He is leading another life, or toying with the idea of it, practising it, here at Merlo.
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The True Story Of Butterfish
by Nick EarlsPublished: 02/08/2010
Butterfish is Nick Earls better than his best.
