Chloe Adams is a journalist and fiction writer and has been published widely by Australian news mastheads and literary journals. She holds a master's degree in creative writing and a love of literature fuelled by countless hours lingering in her family’s second-hand bookstore.

Recently Chloe burst onto the literary scene as the winner of the 2024 Penguin Literary Prize for her debut novel The Occupation, set in a post-war Australia and Japan. The story of a young woman who travels to Japan in 1948, as part of the Allied occupation force in Hiroshima. As she settles into her new life, she finds carefree expats touring the countryside, hosting picnics and throwing parties, all while the war-ravaged locals try to rebuild their lives.

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Chloe Adams is a journalist and fiction writer and has been published widely by Australian news mastheads and literary journals. She holds a master's degree in creative writing and a love of literature fuelled by countless hours lingering in her family&rsquo;s second-hand bookstore.
Recently Chloe burst onto the literary scene as the winner of the 2024 Penguin Literary Prize for her debut novel The Occupation,&nbsp;set in a post-war Australia and Japan. The story of a young woman who travels to Japan in 1948, as part of the Allied occupation force in Hiroshima. As she settles into her new life, she finds carefree expats touring the countryside, hosting picnics and throwing parties, all while the war-ravaged locals try to rebuild their lives. Book out now!

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