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Jennie Herrera Jennie Herrera i(A25264 works by) (a.k.a. J. Herrera)
Born: Established: 1950 Toowoomba, Toowoomba area, Darling Downs, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Jennie Herrera was born in Toowoomba and later moved to Hobart. She has written fiction, non-fiction, romance, and crime. Many of her poems have been published and she won the 2001 Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize (for the poem 'Old Car Bodies'), and a second prize in the King Island Poetry Competition in 2003. Her self-published novel The Vigil won the Victorian FAW Alan Marshall Award and her unpublished novel 'The Day the Visit' was highly commended in the 2005 FAW Jim Hamilton Award. In addition to her writing, Herrera has worked with the Tasmanian Peace Trust. She is the daughter of Beatrice Clarke (q.v.)

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

Old Car Bodies i "Says who? says she. Move 'em.", 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 88 2002; (p. 70-72) Old Car Bodies : Poems & Meditations 2003;
2001 winner Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize
The Celebrant 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Summer (1996-1997) no. 65 1996; (p. 16-21)
1996 highly commended Studio Contest Short Stories Section
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