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The Australian Literature Resource
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Born: 1970 Sydney, New South Wales
Gender: Female
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Full biographical information is only available to AustLit Subscribers. A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows: Julia Leigh studied Arts/Law at the University of Sydney and in 1989 was editor of the University's student paper, Honi Soit. Leigh's first novel The Hunter was published to national and international acclaim and reviewed widely. The novel was named as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year in 2001 and was longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US. In the UK it was longlisted for the Orange Prize in 2000 and Leigh was nominated by the Observer as one of the 21 ....To gain full access to the AustLit database become a subscriber. |
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Last amended:
31 Aug 2006