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Stephen Holden Stephen Holden i(A34729 works by) (a.k.a. Steve Holden)
Born: Established: 1962
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: English
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1 Stalking the Most Elusive Prey in Tasmania’s Wilds Stephen Holden , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times , April 6 2012; (p. p.C8)
— Review of The Hunter Alice Addison , Wain Fimeri , Daniel Nettheim , 2011 single work film/TV
1 What to Have Done, What Not to Have Done Stephen Holden , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Illuminations : The Alan Marshall Short Story Award 2003-2010 2011; (p. 77-82)
1 On the Spot : Steven Holden, Author Stephen Holden , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 2010; (p. 3)
1 5 y separately published work icon Somebody to Love Stephen Holden , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2010 Z1733111 2010 single work novel

'Over one weekend in a small Tasmanian town, a transsexual mortician prepares three bodies for burial at a funeral home. As she carefully works on the Kremmer son, the Esterhazen girl and Mr Phillips, she reflects on her own unusual life and childhood - her father's obsession with taxidermy and other darker pursuits, her own induction into the arts of taxidermy, the death of her parents and her ultimate transformation from man to woman.

'Her sex change was a tentative step towards finding somebody to love her, and choosing a man came next. But when her plans to be with her chosen one are interrupted, she discovers just how far she will go to keep the hope of love alive.

'In a corrupt world where appearance is everything, what makes us open our hearts to others.'

Source:www.penguin.com.au/ (Sighted 15/10/10).
1 A Little Water Stephen Holden , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 50-54)
1 Kiss Me Stephen Holden , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 28-30)
1 What to Have Done Stephen Holden , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 18-22)
1 In the Almost-Dark Stephen Holden , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 74-77)
1 Every Thursday Stephen Holden , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 69-73)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories Stephen Holden , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2008 Z1531633 2008 selected work short story
1 Once in a Lifetime Stephen Holden , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 49 no. 9 2005; (p. 77-81) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 81-89)
1 The Bird in the Egg Stephen Holden , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 88 2002; (p. 119-122) The Best Australian Stories 2004 2004; (p. 97-102) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 7-12)
1 Short Story Anthologies and 'the Solid Body of Australian Fiction' Stephen Holden , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 19 no. 3 2000; (p. 279-294)
1 The Pearl in the Oyster Stephen Holden , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 6 no. 2 1996; (p. 84-85) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 65-68)
1 What Do You Want? Stephen Holden , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 6 no. 2 1996; (p. 81-83) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 60-64)
1 The Milk of Human Kindness Stephen Holden , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices , Winter vol. 6 no. 2 1996; (p. 78-80) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 55-59)
1 Click Stephen Holden , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , Autumn vol. 41 no. 1 1996; (p. 112-114) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 46-49)
1 Defrosting Stephen Holden , 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 5 no. 1 1995; (p. 71-73) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 13-17)
1 I Don't Say Anything Stephen Holden , 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 64 1995; (p. 20-21) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 30-34)
1 The Hitch Stephen Holden , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 58 1994; (p. 44-45) The Bird in the Egg and Other Stories 2008; (p. 23-27)
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