Christine Harris is an Australian writer of children's

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 and young-adult with works both in speculative fiction

Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...

 and historical fiction

Historical fiction

Historical fiction tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional...

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Biography

Christine Harris was born in Mile End, South Australia

Mile End, South Australia

Mile End is an inner western suburb of Adelaide, located in the City of West Torrens, around 2 kilometres from the Adelaide city centre. It has a census area population of 3,918 people...

 in 1955. In 1992 Harris' first book was released, entitled Outer Face which was a collection of 14 of her short stories. She has since released numerous other short stories and released three other collections. Harris has also had published over ten novels including three series, written seven poems and released a picture book and two anthologies. She has won or been nominated for various awards including the 1999 Aurealis Award

Aurealis Award

Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...

 best horror novel

Aurealis Award for best horror novel

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...

 for Foreign Devil

Foreign Devil

Foreign Devil is a 1999 young-adult horror novel by Christine Harris. It follows the story of Tyler Norton who is abducted by pirates from the past and faces a bid for freedom.-Background:...

, and the 2009 White Ravens Award for Audrey of the Outback, among others.

Vibes

• Jigsaw (1998)
• Shadows (1998)
• Masks (1998)
• Suspicion (1998)

Hot Shots

• Brain Drain (2001)
• Windbag (2001)
• Psycho Gran (2001)

Girl Undercover

• Secrets (2004)
• Fugitive (2005)
• Nightmare (2006)
• Danger (2006)
• Twisted (2007)

Audrey of the Outback

• Audrey Goes to Town (2008)
• Audrey of the Outback (2008)
• Audrey's Big Secret (2009)

Other novels

• Strike! (1994)
• Outer Face (1995)
• Countdown (1995)
• Baptism of Fire (1996)
• Pitt Man (1996)
• Deadly Friends (1997)
• Slime Time (1997)
• Torture Chamber
  Torture chamber
  A torture chamber is a room where torture is inflicted.- Methods of coercion :According to Frederick Howard Wines in his book Punishment and Reformation: A Study Of The Penitentiary System there were three main types of coercion employed in the torture chamber: Coercion by the cord, by water and...
  
   (1997)
• Foreign Devil
  Foreign Devil
  Foreign Devil is a 1999 young-adult horror novel by Christine Harris. It follows the story of Tyler Norton who is abducted by pirates from the past and faces a bid for freedom.-Background:...
  
   (1999)
• Omega (2000)
• Jamil's Shadow (2001)
• Hairy Legs (2001)
• Halfway Round The World (2001)
• Head Space (2004)
• Outback: The Diary of Jimmy Porter 1927-1928 (2005)
• Cool Bananas (2007)
• Mask of the Jackal (2007)

Collections

• Outer Face (1992)
• Buried Secrets (1993)
• Widdershins (aka Party Animals) (1995)
• Fortune Cookies (1998)
• Warped (2000)

Omnibuses

• Mystery Stories for Girls (2006) (part of the 7 Sister Mysteries with Ellen Miles
  Ellen Miles
  Ellen Miles is an American author, the writer of the Puppy Place and Kitty Corner series of children's books. She was born in New York City, on April 8, 1957 and now lives in Vermont. Several of her stories have been translated into French and Spanish.Her website is called ellenmiles.net. She...
  
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• Freaks (2007) (features Torture Chamber, Wally the Undead, and Slime Time)

Chapter books

• It Came from the Lab (1999)
• Brain Drain (2001)

Picture books

• Sleeping In (1997)
• I Don't Want to Go to School (2000)
• Snowy's Rescue (2007)

Non-fiction

• Trees in My Ears: Children from Around the World Talk to Christine Harris (1992)
• Oddballs (1998)
• Little Book Of Elephants (2000)

Poems

• Suffocating (2000) in Warped
• Mesmerised (2000) in Warped
• Sick (2000) in Warped
• Splatter (2000) in Warped
• Scream (2000) in Warped
• Sharp (2000) in Warped
• Control (2000) in Warped

Short-fiction

• Aliens Sprom Outer Face (1992) in Outer Face
• Jenny and Mouse (1992) in Outer Face
• Second Hand (1992) in Outer Face
• Mirror Door (1992) in Outer Face
• Not Bad for a City Kid (1992) in Outer Face
• All About Lavinia (1992) in Outer Face
• The Book of Spells (1992) in Outer Face
• A Bad Year (1992) in Outer Face
• The Boarder
  The Boarder
  Produced by Andres Barahona and Co-Produced by Susana Hornil ,The Boarder is a feature film based on real life events, currently in post-production. The film tells the story of the Williams family who, after adopting an 11-year-old homeless boy named Carl, have to deal with his reactive attachment...
  
   (1992) in Outer Face
• Minding the Gum (1992) in Outer Face
• Knocked Out (1992) in Outer Face
• When the Dragon Raises Its Head (1992) in Outer Face
• Perfect Target (1992) in Outer Face
• What Mingumma Never Saw (1992) in Outer Face
• Seeing is Believing (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Zorro Strikes Again (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Black Widow Women (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Metal Mouth (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Longing for William (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Shadows (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Alex and Alex (1993) in Buried Secrets
• The Missing Finger (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Martin John Davis (1993) in Buried Secrets
• My Worst Nightmare (1993) in Buried Secrets
• The Dream (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Waiting for Paris (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Welcome Back (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Madonna and the Big Night Out (1993) in Buried Secrets
• Perfect Replica (1995) in Widdershins
• Bedroom Spy (1995) in Widdershins
• The Haunting of Clayton Quinn (1995) in Widdershins
• Party Animal (1995) in Widdershins
• Not Much Time (1995) in Widdershins
• My Enemy (1995) in Widdershins
• A Sort of Agent (1995) in Widdershins
• Throwback (1995) in Widdershins
• Widdershins (1995) in Widdershins
• Any Day (1995) in Widdershins
• Dinner at the Tumbling Turnip (1995) in Widdershins
• Monique and the Animal (1995) in Widdershins
• Quadruple Babes (1995) in Widdershins
• A Real Corpse (1997) in Shivers: A Real Corpse / Spook Bus (ed. Paul Collins
  Paul Collins (fantasy writer)
  Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specializes in science fiction and fantasy.Collins has written many books for younger readers...
  
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• Rent-A-Crowd (1997) in Deadly Friends (ed. Claire Carmichael, Margaret Clark, Christine Harris)
• Hungry Ghosts (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• Made in Australia (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• Like Father Like Son (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• Dear Alice
  Dear Alice
  Dear Alice is a 2010 Swedish drama film directed by Othman Karim starring Danny Glover, Tuva Novotny and Peter Gardiner. The film is written by Karim and Grace Maharaj-Eriksson.Dear Alice competed at the 2010 Moscow Film Festival.-Plot:...
  
   (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• Dancing on the Carpet (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• Any Day (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• Another Burger (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• A Good Name (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• Orange Umbrellas (1998) in Fortune Cookies
• The Trap (2000) in Tales from the Wasteland: Stories from the 13th Floor (ed. Paul Collins)
• Warped (2000) in Warped
• A Stupid Dream (2000) in Warped
• Ho Blasted Ho! (2000) in Warped
• Make-Believe (2000) in Warped
• What About Me? (2000) in Warped
• Truth-Dare-Doubledare (2000) in Warped
• Use-By Date (2000) in Warped
• Love at First Byte (2000) in Warped
• Weaver Street Junkie (2000) in Warped
• Deciding the Future (2000) in Warped
• Alibi (2000) in Warped
• Outside the Universe (2000) in Warped
• The Class Mascot (2000) in Warped
• Together (2000) in Warped

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