Born: Established: 1963 Corryong, Tallangatta - Corryong area, North East Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender:
Female
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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2022 recipient Varuna Fellowships — Scribe & Varuna Fellowship for 'Beauty and Menace'.
- 2021 shortlisted PRH Australia Literary Prize for 'The Beauty and the Menace'.
Awards for Works
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Red Dirt Talking
The Telling
2010
Fremantle
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Fremantle Press
,
2012
Z1880823
2010
single work
novel
'It's build-up time in the north-western town of Ransom, just before the big wet, when people go off the rails.
'In the midst of a bitter custody battle, an eight year old girl goes missing.
'Annie, an anthropology graduate fresh from the city, is determined to uncover the mystery of the child's disappearance.
'As Annie searches for the truth beneath the township's wild speculations, she finds herself increasingly drawn towards Mick Hooper, a muscly, seemingly laid-back bloke with secrets of his own.' (From the publisher's website.)
- 2013 longlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
- 2013 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2010 winner City of Fremantle Hungerford Award Won with the title 'The Telling'.
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