Chloe Hooper

Chloe Hooper's reports from the inquest into the death of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island won her a Walkley Award and were published around the world. The Tall Man is the story of the death of Cameron Doomadgee. The Tall Man tells the full story of the subsequent trial and its repercussions through northern Australia. Chloe Hooper's first novel A Child's Book of True Crime was published in many languages. It was a New York Times Notable Book and short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction (UK). Chloe's latest novel is The Engagement, to be published in late August 2102. She lives in Melbourne.