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Steven Amsterdam (born in New York City on January 31, 1966) is an American writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, where he also works as a palliative care nurse. ==Biography== Steven Amsterdam was born and raised in New York City. He attended Bronx High School of Science, the University of Chicago and the University of Melbourne. He worked as a map editor, book jacket designer and pastry chef before moving to Australia in 2003. His writing has appeared in The Age, Conde Nast Traveller, Five Chapters, Huffington Post, Meanjin, The Monthly, Monument, Overland, Sleepers Almanac and Torpedo's Greatest Hits. ''Things We Didn't See Coming'' was first published in Australia by (Sleepers Publishing ) in 2009. Alternately described as a novel or linked story collection, the book follows the narrator from Y2K into the future. The book won The Age Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Prize. In 2010, the book was published by Pantheon Books in the United States, where it was a Barnes & Noble Great New Writer selection, and by Harvill Secker in the United Kingdom, where it was longlisted for (The Guardian First Book Award ). The Guardian called the book "refreshingly unapocalyptic." Starting in 2011, the book was selected for the Victorian Certificate of Education for year 12 English. ''What the Family Needed'', a novel that follows a family with special powers over decades, was first published by (Sleepers Publishing ) in 2011, where it was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year, the ALS Gold Medal, and longlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His books have been translated into Dutch, French, Italian and Hebrew. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steven Amsterdam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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