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Elizabeth Jolley
Elizabeth Jolley was born in the industrial Midlands of England and came to Western Australia in 1959 with her husband. She published twenty-three books, including novels, short fiction, poetry, non-fiction and plays. Celebrated as one of Australia’s major writers, she also established a formidable international reputation, with her books being widely published throughout the world. She received an Order of Australia for services to Australian literature and was awarded honorary doctorates from four universities. She died in February 2007.
Awards
Winner, New South Wales Premier’s Literary
Award, 1985
Books available from Fremantle Press
- Five Acre Virgin and other stories 2009
- Newspaper of Claremont Street, The 2008
- The Newspaper of Claremont Street eBook 2008
- Milk and Honey 1984
Other Books by this Author
- The Sugar Mother
- Diary of a Weekend Farmer
From the Catalogue
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

