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Alison Croggon

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January 01, 1962 in Transvaal, South Africa

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Born in 1962, Alison Croggon is one of a generation of Australian poets which emerged in the 1990s. She writes in many genres, including criticism, theatre and prose.

Alison Croggon is the author of the young adult fantasy quartet, The Books of Pellinor. The first volume was nominated in two categories in the Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction in December 2002 and named one of the Notable Books of 2003 by the Children's Book Council of Australia. The series has since been released to critical and popular acclaim in the US, the UK and Europe. Her new novel Black Spring will be released in 2012 and a children's book, Jimmy Wonderspoon (ages 9-12), is available as an ebook.

Her poetry has been published widely in a...more Born in 1962, Alison Croggon is one of a generation of Australian poets which emerged in the 1990s. She writes in many genres, including criticism, theatre and prose.

Alison Croggon is the author of the young adult fantasy quartet, The Books of Pellinor. The first volume was nominated in two categories in the Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction in December 2002 and named one of the Notable Books of 2003 by the Children's Book Council of Australia. The series has since been released to critical and popular acclaim in the US, the UK and Europe. Her new novel Black Spring will be released in 2012 and a children's book, Jimmy Wonderspoon (ages 9-12), is available as an ebook.

Her poetry has been published widely in anthologies and magazines in Australia and overseas. Her most recent poetry publication is Theatre, (Salt Publishing 2008). Others are Ash (Cusp Books, Los Angeles 2007), November Burning (Vagabond Press Rare Objects Series, Sydney, 2004); Mnemosyne, (Wild Honey Press, Ireland, 2001); The Common Flesh (New and Selected Poems) (Arc Publications, UK, 2003) and Attempts at Being (Salt Publishing, UK, 2002).

Her first book of poems, This is the Stone, won the 1991 Anne Elder and Dame Mary Gilmore Prizes. Her novel Navigatio, published by Black Pepper Press, was highly commended in the 1995 Australian/Vogel literary awards and is being translated for publication in France. Her second book of poems, The Blue Gate, was released in 1997 and was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Poetry Prize. Attempts at Being was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. In 2000 she was the Australia Council Writer in Residence at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (UK).

Alison has to date written and had performed nine works for theatre. Her performed work includes the operas Gauguin (Melbourne Festival 2000) and The Burrow (Perth Festival, Sydney, Melbourne 1994-95 and broadcast by ABC Radio), both with Michael Smetanin. Her plays include Lenz (Melbourne Festival 1996), Samarkand and The Famine (Rules of Thumb season, Red Shed Company, Adelaide 1997 and ABC Radio 1998), Blue (CIA, La Mama, Melbourne and the Street Theatre, Canberra, 2001). ABC Radio commissions include Monologues for an Apocalypse (2001) and Specula (2006). She also wrote lyrics for Confidentially Yours (Playbox Theatre 1998, Hong Kong Festival 1999).
Many of her poems have been set to music by various composers, including Smetanin (Skinless Kiss of Angels, Elision New Music Emsemble), Christine McCombe and Margaret Legge-Wilkinson (Canberra New Music Ensemble) and most recently Andreé Greenwell.

She was Melbourne theatre critic for the national daily newspaper, The Australian, until 2010, and keeps a blog of theatre criticism, Theatre Notes. at http://theatrenotes.com (less)

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New Pellinor book. And other tidbits.

Yes, I am hard at work on one. Having sworn to everyone that I thought the quartet was all the Pellinor books there were, I woke up one morning a month ago with an idea that was just there. It must have been hiding behind all my excuses. I'm now past page 50, and so far, so good. On good days I think I might finish it in July; on my rather more sane days, I think I'll type FINIS some time in Se... read more »

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Average rating: 4.06 · 20,053 ratings · 1,665 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Naming (Pellinor, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 7,345 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Riddle (Pellinor, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 6,099 ratings — published 2005 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Crow (Pellinor, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 3,517 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Singing (Pellinor, #4) 4.20 avg rating — 3,104 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	My rating:
	O Dom (As Crónicas de Pellinor, Livro 1 - Volume II) by Alison Croggon (Goodreads Author), Irene Daun e Lorena (Translator), Nuno Daun e Lorene (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	O Dom (As Crónicas de Pellinor, Livro 1 - Volume I) by Alison Croggon (Goodreads Author), Irene Daun e Lorena (Translator), Nuno Daun e Lorena (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Attempts at Being 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	Black Spring (Black Spring #1) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	The Blue Gate 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Common Flesh 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:

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“We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.”
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“Love is one of the true mysteries,' he said at last. 'The truest and the deepest of all. One thing, Maerad: to love is never wrong. It may be disastrous; it may never be possible; it may be the deepest agony. But it is never wrong.”
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“While the heart beats, hope lingers.”
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May General Fantasy Poll
Please cast your vote for the book you'd like to read in May, for discussion in June.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Terry Pratchett & Gaiman, Neil

7 votes, 17.5%

Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson

6 votes, 15.0%

Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb

5 votes, 12.5%

The Lions of al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay

5 votes, 12.5%

Legend - David Gemmell

3 votes, 7.5%

The Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud

3 votes, 7.5%

Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay

3 votes, 7.5%

The Book of Joby - Mark J. Ferrari

2 votes, 5.0%

Lud-In-The-Mist - Hope Mirrlees

2 votes, 5.0%

Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was - Barry Hughart

2 votes, 5.0%

Daughter of the Blood - Anne Bishop

1 vote, 2.5%

The Naming The First Book of Pellinor - Alison Croggon

1 vote, 2.5%

Dies the Fire - S.M. Stirling

0 votes, 0.0%

The Steel Remains - Richard K. Morgan

0 votes, 0.0%

Lamentation - Ken Scholes

0 votes, 0.0%

Thunderer - Felix Gilman

0 votes, 0.0%

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