Chris Flynn (author)

Chris Flynn is an Australian author, editor and critic. Flynn's first novel, A Tiger in Eden was released in Australia by Text Publishing in March 2012. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize. His second novel, The Glass Kingdomwill be released in May 2014.

McSweeney's issue 41, released July 2012, features a portfolio of fiction by Indigenous Australian writers, Terra Australis: Four Stories from Aboriginal Australian Writers, curated, edited and introduced by Flynn.

Flynn contributed to a regular column, Odd Jobs, on The Paris Review Daily, the blog page of The Paris Review. He has written for the Griffith Review, The Age, The Australian, The Books and Arts Daily Show on ABC Radio National, Meanjin, The Big Issue Australia and many other publications.

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1972, Flynn has resided in Melbourne, Australia since 1999.