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Elizabeth Jolley


UK flag (1923 - 2007)

She was 53 years old when her first book was published, and she went on to publish fifteen novels (including an autobiographical trilogy), four short story collections and three non-fiction books, publishing well into her 70s. She was also a pioneer of creative writing teaching in Australia counting many well known writers such as Tim Winton among her students.
 
 
Series
Vera Wright Trilogy
   1. My Father's Moon (1989)
   2. Cabin Fever (1990)
   3. The Georges' Wife (1993)
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Novels
   Palomino (1980)
   The Newspaper of Claremont Street (1981)
   Miss Peabody's Inheritance (1983)
   Mr Scobie's Riddle (1983)
   Milk and Honey (1984)
   Foxybaby (1985)
   The Well (1986)
   The Sugar Mother (1988)
   The Orchard Thieves (1995)
   Lovesong (1997)
   An Accommodating Spouse (1999)
   An Innocent Gentleman (2001)
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Collections
   Five Acre Virgin (1976)
   Travelling Entertainer (1979)
   Woman in a Lampshade (1983)
   Stories (1985)
   Off the Air (1995)
   Fellow Passengers (1997)
   Sunburnt Country (2000) (with Joan London)
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Non fiction show
 


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