Christopher Raja (born 27 September 1974 in Kolkata) is an Australian author of short stories, essays, a play and a novel. He co-authored the play The First Garden with Natasha Raja, which was performed in botanical gardens around Australia and published by Currency Press in 2012.[1][2][3] His debut novel, The Burning Elephant was published by Giramondo Publishing in 2015. It was written under a New Work grant awarded by the Literature Board of the Australia Council.[4][5][6][7][8][9] He has been twice shortlisted for the Northern Territory Writers Centre's Chief Minister’s Book of the Year award.[10] Raja migrated from Kolkata to Melbourne in 1986. He has lived and worked in Alice Springs since 2004.

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  1. ↑ "The first garden / Christopher Raja & Natasha Raja". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "AusStage". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Olive Pink on stage". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "The burning elephant / Christopher Raja". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Burning elephant gives Alice author real wild ride". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Mark (6 May 2016). "Book review: Christopher Raja ratchets up family strain in The Burning Elephant". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Book Review: The Burning Elephant by Christopher Raja". Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Burning Elephant, by Christopher Raja". 25 November 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Interview with Chris Raja". 7 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Northern Territory's best-loved India-born Australian writer Christopher Raja".

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