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Jill Ker Conway Jill Ker Conway i(A13146 works by) (birth name: Jill Ker) (a.k.a. Jill Ker Conway; Jill Kathryn Ker Conway)
Also writes as: Clare Munnings
Born: Established: 9 Oct 1934 Hillston, Hillston area, Far West NSW, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Jun 2018 Boston, Massachusetts,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
Gender: Female
Expatriate assertion Departed from Australia: 1960
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1 A Life Apart But No Stranger to Galahs at Sunset Jill Ker Conway , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 10 June 2013; (p. 33) 'A Queen's Birthday honour sparks thoughts of bonds.'
1 y separately published work icon Felipe the Flamingo Jill Ker Conway , Golden : Fulcrum , 2006 Z1483831 2006 single work children's fiction children's
1 2 y separately published work icon A Woman's Education Jill Ker Conway , New York (City) : Knopf , 2001 Z922868 2001 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Overnight Float Clare Munnings , New York (City) : W. W. Norton , 2000 Z1022627 2000 single work novel mystery detective
1 Shearing Time Jill Ker Conway , 1999 extract autobiography (The Road from Coorain)
— Appears in: Australia : True Stories of Life Down Under 1999; (p. 46-52)
1 2 y separately published work icon When Memory Speaks : Reflections on Autobiography Jill Ker Conway , New York (City) : Knopf , 1998 Z249485 1998 single work criticism
1 Class Conflicts Jill Ker Conway , 1997 extract autobiography (The Road from Coorain)
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Schooldays 1997; (p. 214-217)
1 The Nardoo Stones Jill Ker Conway , 1996 extract autobiography (The Road from Coorain)
— Appears in: Autographs : Contemporary Australian Autobiography 1996; (p. 139-147)
1 The West Jill Ker Conway , 1996 extract autobiography (The Road from Coorain)
— Appears in: Autographs : Contemporary Australian Autobiography 1996; (p. 90-96)
1 From : The Road from Coorain Jill Ker Conway , 1995 single work extract autobiography
— Appears in: Selected Poems : 1956-1994 1995; (p. 848-851)
1 Recharting the Globe Jill Ker Conway , 1994 extract autobiography (The Road from Coorain)
— Appears in: Changing Places : Australian Writers in Europe 1960s-1990s 1994; (p. 150-156)
1 True North (from True North) Jill Ker Conway , 1994 extract
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 August 1994; (p. 3,4)
1 11 y separately published work icon True North : A Memoir Jill Ker Conway , London : Hutchinson , 1994 Z235323 1994 single work autobiography
1 In Search of a Sense of Place Jill Ker Conway , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 May 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of Going Away Martin Flanagan , 1993 single work novel
1 Blinky Bill and the Forgotten Females Jill Ker Conway , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Independent Monthly , December-January (1993-1994) vol. 5 no. 6 1993; (p. 79-80,82)
— Review of Our Republic Thomas Keneally , 1993 single work biography prose
1 From Daddy to Durga Jill Ker Conway , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Women's Review of Books , vol. 7 no. 9 1990; (p. 11)
— Review of Daddy, We Hardly Knew You Germaine Greer , 1989 single work autobiography
3 45 y separately published work icon The Road from Coorain Jill Ker Conway , Richmond London : Heinemann , 1989 Z361991 1989 single work autobiography

'One women's journey from a childhood in Australia's outback to adulthood as a successful American career woman. The Road From Coorain is about Everywoman, for it is about childhood loneliness, anguished parent-child relationships, dawning sensibility, discovering a vocation, and finding one's own sense of self.' (Source: Bunch of Grape Bookstore website)
1 About the Book Jill Ker Conway , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 17-18 June 1989; (p. 6)
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