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Elspeth Cook

Elspeth Cook grew up in England, Scotland and Cyprus. She worked with young people for many years, including a two year stretch at a juvenile detention centre, where she met Anna Donald and was inspired to write the novel Hard Time.

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House of Fiction @ Sydney Writers Festival

Who knew that Elizabeth Jolley’s life contained even more mystery and dark secrets than her fiction? Her stepdaughter Susan Swingler reconstructs the harrowing tale of a forbidden love affair and an abandoned child. She talks to Caroline Baum at the Sydney Writers Festival