Nick Earls is the author of thirteen books, including bestselling novels such as Zigzag Street, Bachelor Kisses, Perfect Skin and World of Chickens. His work has been published internationally in English and also in translation.

Zigzag Street won a Betty Trask Award in the UK in 1998, and is currently being developed into a feature film. Bachelor Kisses was one of Who Weekly’s Books of the Year in 1998. Perfect Skin was the only novel nominated for an Australian Comedy Award in 2003. Its Italian edition was adapted into the feature film Solo un Padre, which was a top ten box office hit in Italy through Cattleya/Warner Bros in December 2008.

He has written five novels with teenage central characters. 48 Shades of Brown was awarded Book of the Year (older readers) by the Children’s Book Council in 2000, and in the US it was a Kirkus Reviews selection in its books of the year for 2004. A feature film adapted from the novel was released by Disney’s Buena Vista International in 2006. His earlier young-adult novel, After January, was also an award-winner.

After January, 48 Shades of Brown, Zigzag Street and Perfect Skin have all been successfully adapted for theatre by La Boite, and the Zigzag Street play toured nationally in 2005.

With The True Story of Butterfish, Nick Earls has for the first time written a story as both novel and play simultaneously. He has been on tour promoting the novel since its launch in this Turbine Hall on 2 July, and the play will premiere at the Powerhouse on 2 October.