Strange Places: A Memoir of Mental Illness
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Strange Places: A Memoir of Mental Illness
By (Author) Will Elliott
ABC Books
ABC Books
1st May 2009
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions
920
Short-listed for Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australia): Non-Fiction 2010
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 142mm, Height 212mm, Spine 17mm
335g
Description
In 2006, Will Elliott had his first novel, The Pilo Family Circus, published. It won literary awards and acclaim nationally and internationally. What nobody knew was that the young author of that work of terrifying fantasy had just recovered from a psychotic episode and been diagnosed as a schizophrenic. This is his memoir of that harrowing - and enlightening - time.
Author Bio
Will Elliott won the ABC manuscript award with The Pilo Family Circus; in 2006 it won the Golden Aurealis Award and was published in the UK, US, Italy and Germany to great acclaim. He also won The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist Award, a Spanish Nocte award for Best Foreign Novel, a Ditmar award for Best Novel and was shortlisted for the International Horror Guild Award. He published a memoir, Strange Places, with ABC books in 2009 and the Pendulum fantasy trilogy with Voyager in 2010 and 2011. His standalone novel Nightfall was published in 2012. He lives in Brisbane.
