Nick Earls is a novelist from Brisbane, Australia. He writes light, humorous popular fiction about everyday life, and is often compared to Nick Hornby. He moved to Australia from Northern Ireland in 1972. Zigzag Street, his first novel, won the Betty Trask Award in 1998 (sharing with Kiran Desai's Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard). His young-adult novel 48 Shades of Brown won a CBC Book of the Year Award. Several of his novels have been adapted for theatre, and 48 Shades of Brown is currently in production as a film, to be released in late 2006.

Catharton Authors: Nick Earls - Interview with the author.
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Sunny Garden - The official Nick Earls website. Biography; information about books, stories, and other projects; interviews; appearances.
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The Nick Earls Appreciation Page - Fan site for Australian contemporary author Nick Earls.
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