Bill Condon's young adult novels, Dogs (2001) and No Worries (2005) were Honour Books in the CBCA (Australian Book of the Year) Awards. No Worries was also short-listed for the Ethel Turner Prize in the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. In 2010 Bill's Confessions Of A Liar, Thief And Failed Sex God won the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award for young adult fiction. A Straight LineTo My Heart is Bill's most recent young adult novel. In 2012 it was a CBCA Honour Book, and was short-listed in the Prime Minister's Lterary Awards and the Ethel Turner Prize. Before devoting himself to novels, Bill had a long and successful career as a writer of short stories, plays and poetry for young people. His work encompasses many genres and he has more than one hundred titles to his credit. He lives on the south coast of New South Wales with his wife, the well known children's author Di (Dianne) Bates.Bill's latest book is the junior novel, The Simple Things, published in 2014.
His mother attended high school with Susan Hayward.
After graduating from Regis High School, an all-male Jesuit school in Manhattan, he studied philosophy at Columbia University.
First film-related job was working for a year in the publicity department at Avco Embassy.
Directed 5 different performers in Oscar-nominated performances: Lynn Redgrave , Ian McKellen , Laura Linney , Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson. Hudson won for Dreamgirls .
you know. And the studio throws a lot of money around promoting him.
