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Maria Simms Maria Simms i(A5018 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Fiction Maria Simms , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 115 2008; (p. 48-50)
— Review of The Pages Murray Bail , 2008 single work novel
1 Writing Genre Fiction : The Freedom to Invent Maria Simms , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , December /January no. [175] 2007-2008; (p. 3, 29)
1 6 y separately published work icon The Dead House Maria Simms , 2007 Sydney : Gibbes Street , 2008 Z1469143 2007 single work novel crime historical fiction

'The Dead House is set in Sydney in the nineteenth century. Henry Parkes has asked Florence Nightingale for trained nurses to reform the chaotic and often filthy hospital conditions in the fledgling colony.

'Six nurses arrive to establish the Nightingale system of nursing at the City Infirmary. Within this setting, Electra Flynn faces murder, exploitation and mystery as women disappear and relationships struggle under the oppressive regime.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Nonfiction Maria Simms , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 108 2007; (p. 43-46)
— Review of Making Waves : 10 Years of the Byron Bay Writers' Festival 2006 anthology short story prose essay poetry interview criticism autobiography biography
1 1 Fictional Fears and Guarded Facts : An Experience in Writing a Ficto-Historical Novel Maria Simms , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 8 no. 2 2004;
1 y separately published work icon LiNQ Literature in North Queensland vol. 29 no. 2 October Maria Simms (editor), 2002 Z1003974 2002 periodical issue
1 Narratives of Heat and History Maria Simms , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 29 no. 1 2002; (p. 76-79)
— Review of Fish Lips Carolyn Van Langenberg , 2001 single work novel
1 Framing Time Maria Simms , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 35 1999; (p. 42-46)
1 Passionflower Maria Simms , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 26 no. 2 1999; (p. 53-61)
1 In Paradise Maria Simms , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 26 no. 2 1999; (p. 46-52)
1 Treelines Maria Simms , 1999 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 59 no. 1 1999; (p. 89-97)
1 Anna Maria Simms , 1998 single work short story
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 33 1998; (p. 9-11)
1 Toni Morrison's Beloved Post-Colonial Writing and the Discourse of Aboriginal Australians Marygai McNamara , Maria Simms , Pat Skinner , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: LiNQ , May vol. 25 no. 1 1998; (p. 9-35)
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