User:LydiaLAS/Kristina Olsson

Kristina Olsson (born 1956) is an Australian writer, journalist and teacher. She studied journalism at the University of Queensland and went on to write for The Australian, The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail, the Sydney Sunday Telegraph and Griffith Review.

Her first novel In One Skin was published by University of Queensland Press in 2001. This was followed by Kilroy Was Here in 2005, and The China Garden in 2009. In 2010 The China Garden won the Barbara Jefferis award, which is offered annually for Australian novels which depict women and girls positively, or empowers the position of women in society.

Olsson has also worked as a government advisor, and as a teacher of creative writing and journalism.

Books

 * The China Garden (2009)
 * Kilroy Was Here (2005)
 * In One Skin (2001)

Prizes

 * 2010 - Barbara Jefferis Award for The China Garden

Shortlisted

 * 2010 - Nita Kibble Literary Award for The China Garden