Venero Armanno

Venero Armanno (born 19 August 1959) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Brisbane of Sicilian parents. He received a BA from the University of Queensland, and later an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from the Queensland University of Technology. Armanno completed ten unpublished manuscripts over fourteen years before being accepted for publication.

He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland, where he received the 2004 award for excellence in teaching.

• One Book One Brisbane, 2004: shortlisted for Firehead
• One Book One Brisbane, 2003: shortlisted for Volcano
• Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, 2002: winner for Volcano
• Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction, Horror, 1995: runner-up for My Beautiful Friend
• Warana Writers' Awards, Steele Rudd Award, 1993: runner-up for Jumping at the Moon
• The Australian/Vogel Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript), 1992: highly commended for The Lonely Hunter