Associate Professor Gary Crew
CertEngDraft Qld.IT, CertTeach Qld.UT, BA Qld., MA Qld., DCA Sunshine Coast
Position: Associate Professor, Creative Writing
Office: D1.22
Tel: +61 7 5430 1130
Email: gcrew@usc.edu.au
Teaching areas
Research areas
- Creative writing
- All matters pertaining to youth fiction
- Post-colonial studies in fiction and non-fiction
Profile
Associate Professor Gary Crew realised that a career change was necessary after 10 years as a draftsman with the Queensland public service, and undertook and completed a BA, consisting of a double major in literature and a double major in history. He completed his masters in literature then abandoned his PhD studies after 3 semesters when constraints of his teaching career and fiction writing absorbed his time. He has now published over forty novels and illustrated books for children.
As head of the English department of two high schools, Gary developed and supervised English programs which also necessitated the development of individual and small group programs for students with special needs.
As creative writing is a relatively new discipline in academic studies, he has been fortunate to develop many of his own courses including the current creative writing courses at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
Publications
Electronic copies of various academic papers from Associate Professor Gary Crew are available on the USC Coast Research Database website.
Literary awards
- 2006. The Children's Book Council of Australia - Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration: The mystery of Eilean Mor, illustrated by Jeremy Geddes.
- 2006. The Children's Book Council of Australia - Notable Books, Eve Pownall Award for Information Books: Young Murphy.
- 2006. The Children's Book Council of Australia - Notable Books, Picture Book of the Year: The mystery of Eilean Mor.
- 2004. The Royal Geographic Society - Whitley Award: The extinction series.
- 2004. The Wilderness Society - Environment Award for Children's Literature: The extinction series.
- 2002. Honourable Mention - Aurealis Sci-Fi and Fantasy Awards: Beneath the surface.
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