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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 Her self-published novel The Vigil won the Victorian FAW Alan Marshall Award and her unpublished novel 'The Day the Visit' was highly commended in the 2005 FAW Jim Hamilton Award.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.)