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Kristel Thornell

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Kristel Thornell was born in Sydney, Australia, and has also lived in Italy, Mexico, Canada, Finland and the US. Her debut novel, Night Street, co-won the 2009 Australian / Vogel Literary Award and won the Dobbie Literary Award for a first book and the Barbara Ramsden Award for best book of the year. Night Street was also a finalist for the Glenda Adams Award and the Christina Stead Prize for fiction in the NSW Premier’s Awards,and Kristell was named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists by The Sydney Morning Herald in 2011. Her short fiction, poetry, essays and reviews have appeared in a range of journals. She has completed degrees at the University of Sydney and the University of New Brunswick, and a PhD with the Writing and Society ...more

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Average rating: 3.25 · 374 ratings · 92 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Night Street 3.40 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Blue Train 3.10 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sirens Sing 3.13 avg rating — 69 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meanjin 2011 Vol 70 No 1 Autumn by Damon Young (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sophie Cunningham (Editor), Oslo Davis (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Her company, Harry felt as she went off into the damp dark, was like that of the sea. Gentle, powerful. A commanding undertone telling him he could not do without it.”
― Kristel Thornell, On the Blue Train

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“At times you could catch the artistic part of yourself off-guard.”
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“He had himself in hand for now, but a lesson of a period such as the one he'd lived through was that control is an illusion. Once everything has gone see-through on you, it can again. You know that perfectly well. If only your head were to be tilted once more in that way... He hadn't been saved so much as granted a reprieve.”
― Kristel Thornell, On the Blue Train

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