Born: Established: 1966 Leeton, Leeton area, Leeton - Narrandera area, Riverina - Murray area, New South Wales, ;
Gender:
Female
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Most Referenced Works
Notes
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Winner of HarperCollins Fiction Prize 1994 for "The Crypt Orchid"; "Killing Aurora" won the Cross Pen Prize for Young Adult Fiction 2000.
Awards for Works
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y
Killing Aurora
Ringwood
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Penguin
,
1999
Z272000
1999
single work
novel
young adult
satire
'Web is nine parts flesh, one part sulphur. And she's on a mission to save Aurora. But Aurora, the incredible shrinking girl, is already Death's best friend, and slips through Web's fingers like water. It's a bizarre love triangle, where there really are monsters under the bed. And not only can imaginary things hurt you, they can kill you.
'Volatile, original and blackly funny - Killing Aurora asks the question: does violence ever get you anywhere? The answer: well, sometimes ....'
Source: Publisher's blurb (audio version).
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y
The Crypt Orchid
Melbourne
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Angus and Robertson
Bookworld
,
1994
Z272068
1994
single work
novel
- 1994 winner NBC Angus & Robertson Bookworld Prize
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