Krissy Kneen

• Name — Krissy Kneen • Born — 1968 • Occupation — Author • Website — http: www.krissykneen.com/ Kris Kneen (formerly Krissy Kneen) is a Brisbane-based writer. Kneen has been shortlisted four times for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award.

Kneen has written two collections of erotica—Swallow the Sound (2007) and Triptych (2011)—as well as four novels. They're also the author of three memoirs. Affection (2009) deals with their childhood and young adulthood through the lens of sexuality, The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen (2021) is principally about their grandmother, and Fat Girl Dancing (2023) concerns their relationship with their body. Their sole poetry collection, Eating my Grandmother (2015), won the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. They appeared in four events at the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival.

In 2009 Kneen moved to New Farm, Brisbane with their husband. Their grandmother was born in Egypt to a Slovenian mother and a father who had lived in Egypt for at least three generations and whose mother was Syrian, and most likely Jewish.

• Swallow the Sound, Eatbooks, 2007, • Triptych, An Erotic Adventure: 3 Stories in 1, Text Publishing, 2011, • Steeplechase, Text Publishing, 2013, • The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine, Text Publishing, 2015, • An Uncertain Grace, Text Publishing, 2017, • Wintering, Text Publishing, 2018, • Rite of Spring, Transit Lounge, 2026,

• Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex & Intimacy, Text Publishing, 2009, • The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen: Travels with My Grandmother's Ashes, Text Publishing, 2021, • Fat Girl Dancing, Text Publishing, 2023,

• Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle, University of Queensland Press, 2015,

Kneen's work has been described as "transgressive, sardonic, lyrical, comic; irresistibly erotic yet also romantic" and "acclaimed for its fearless honesty".

• "The university and the beast: a fairy tale", pp. 263–276, in: Destroying the Joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want, 2015,

• 2010: Australian Book Industry Awards, Shortlist: Affection • 2005: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Manuscript, Shortlist: His Father's Son • 2007: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Emerging Queensland Author Manuscript Award, Shortlist: Paper Dolls, Holding Hands • 2010: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Non-Fiction Book Award, Shortlist: Affection • 2018: Stella Prize, Shortlist: An Uncertain Grace. • 2014: Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, Winner: Eating My Grandmother: A Grief Cycle • 2019: Queensland Literary Awards: Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance, Shortlist: Wintering • 2024: Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, Shortlist: Fat Girl Dancing