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Lia Hills


Born
Wellington, New Zealand
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Genre
Fiction, Young Adult, Poetry


Lia Hills is a poet, novelist and translator. Her work has been published, translated and performed in countries as varied as Japan, Switzerland and the US.

Lia’s latest novel, The Crying Place, is due for release with Allen and Unwin in March 2017. Recipient of a Creative Victoria grant in 2012 for her work on the novel, Lia has travelled regularly to the centre of Australia to research and write The Crying Place, set partly in Pitjantjatjara country. As part of the process, Lia stayed in Aboriginal communities and began learning the Pitjantjatjara language.

Her debut young adult novel, The Beginner’s Guide to Living received starred reviews and was shortlisted for the Victorian, Queensland and Western Australian Premiers’ Literary Awards, a ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 1,178 ratings · 207 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors
The Desert Knows Her Name
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The Beginner's Guide to Living
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The Crying Place
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Tom is Dead
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the possibility of flight
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“Run naked through your fears.”
― Lia Hills, The Beginner's Guide to Living
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“One should plan for spiritual enlightenment. At least bring a flashlight.”
― Lia Hills, The Beginner's Guide to Living
tags: being-prepared, flashlights, spiritual-enlightenment
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“What fragment of truth will be mine?”
― Lia Hills, The Beginner's Guide to Living
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