Anna Krien

Krien has contributed to a number of Australian publications, including The Monthly, The Age, The Big Issue, The Best Australian Essays,{{Cite book|title=The best Australian essays 2015|others=Williamson, Geordie,, Smee, Sebastian., Crawford, Anwen., Tumarkin, Maria M., Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-, Wheatley, Nadia.|date = 2 November 2015|isbn=978-1-86395-777-9|location=Collingwood Vic, Australia|oclc=913499733}} Griffith Review, Voiceworks, Going Down Swinging, Colors, Frankie and Dazed & Confused.{{Cite web|url=https://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2014-prize/shortlist-2014/|title=Shortlist 2014 · The Stella Prize|website=The Stella Prize|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}}

Krien has written poetry for a number of years. Her poem, "The Last Broadcasters", won the 2008 Val Vallis Award and "Horses" was included in The Best Australian Poems 2010.{{Cite book|title=The best Australian poems 2010|others=Adamson, Robert, 1943-|isbn=978-1-921825-70-5|location=Melbourne|oclc=891652170}}

In 2014 she became only the second woman to win the £25,000 (A$47,000) William Hill Sports Book of the Year award since its inception 1989.{{Cite news|last=Dugdale|first=John|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/27/anna-krien-nightgames-wins-sports-book-of-year-prize|title=Anna Krien's Night Games wins sports book of the year prize|date=2014-11-27|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-01|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

Krien has written two contributions to the Quarterly Essay — "Us & Them: On the Importance of Animals"{{Cite book|last=Krien, Anna|title=Us and them : on the importance of animals|isbn=978-1-921870-56-9|location=Collingwood, Victoria|oclc=893683030}} and "The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock".{{Cite book|last=Krien, Anna.|title=Quarterly Essay 66 The Long Goodbye : Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock.|date=2017|publisher=Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd|isbn=978-1-925435-73-3|location=Collingwood|oclc=992580413}} In 2019 she joined the judging panel for the Horne Prize.{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/12/11/143532/lebeter-wins-horne-prize-2019-for-essay-on-climate-change-and-biodiversity/|title=Lebeter wins Horne Prize 2019 for essay on climate change and biodiversity|last=|first=|date=11 December 2019|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219072530/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/12/11/143532/lebeter-wins-horne-prize-2019-for-essay-on-climate-change-and-biodiversity/ |archive-date=19 December 2019 |access-date=2020-03-01}} As of 2019 she was based in Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/the-focused-eye-of-journalist-anna-krien-20190920-p52tcv.html|title=The focused eye of journalist Anna Krien|last=On|first=Thuy|date=2019-09-28|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}

Krien was a recipient of a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, an award of {{AUD|160,000}} given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders.{{cite web | title=Past Award Recipients | website= Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation | url=https://www.myerfoundation.org.au/past-award-recipients | access-date=2 November 2022}}

• Winner, Val Vallis Award, 2008{{Cite web|url=https://www.nla.gov.au/events/truestories/speakers.html|title=True Stories: Writing History - Conference {{!}} National Library Of Australia|website=www.nla.gov.au|access-date=2020-03-01}}
• Winner, People's Choice Award, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, 2011, for Into the Woods{{Cite web|url=https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2011|title=Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2011|website=The Wheeler Centre|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01|archive-date=8 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208195454/https://www.wheelercentre.com/projects/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards-2011|url-status=dead}}

• Shortlisted, Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, 2011, for Into the Woods

• Winner, Harry Williams Award for a Literary Work Advancing Public Debate, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, 2011, for Into the Woods

• Winner, William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2014, for Night Games{{Cite web|url=https://www.deakin.edu.au/research/research-news/articles/foray-into-sports-underbelly-wins-top-award|title=Foray into sport's underbelly wins top award|website=www.deakin.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}

• Shortlisted, Stella Prize, 2014, for Night Games

• Winner, Davitt Award for True Crime, 2014, for Night Games{{Cite web|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/books/2014/09/04/whodunnit-women-killing-crime-writing/|title=Whodunnit? The women killing it in crime writing|date=2014-09-04|website=The New Daily|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-01}}

• Shortlisted, Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, 2020, for Act of Grace{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/12/02/143249/2020-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-shortlists-announced/|title=2020 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards shortlists announced|last=|first=|date=2 December 2019|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128115404/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/12/02/143249/2020-victorian-premiers-literary-awards-shortlists-announced/ |archive-date=28 January 2020 |access-date=2020-03-01}}
• Longlisted, Miles Franklin Award, 2020, for Act of Grace{{Cite web|title=Miles Franklin Literary Award 2020 longlist announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/12/150363/miles-franklin-literary-award-2020-longlist-announced/|last=|first=|date=2020-05-12|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523091731/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/12/150363/miles-franklin-literary-award-2020-longlist-announced/ |archive-date=23 May 2020 |access-date=2020-05-12}}
• Shortlisted, Queensland Literary Awards, Fiction Book Award, 2020, for Act of Grace{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-08-05|title=Queensland Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/08/05/154726/queensland-literary-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919104133/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/08/05/154726/queensland-literary-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/ |archive-date=19 September 2020 |access-date=2020-08-06|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}

• Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania's Forests, Black Inc, 2010 {{ISBN|978-1-86395-487-7|}}

• Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport, Black Inc, 2013 {{ISBN|9781863956017|}}

• Booze Territory, Black Inc, 2015 {{ISBN|9781863957687|}}

• Act of Grace, Black Inc, 2019 {{ISBN|9781863959551|}}

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