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Janette Turner Hospital (née Turner) (born 12 November 1942) is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer. [citation needed] She is also a teacher of literature and creative writing and has been writer-in-residence at universities in Australia, Canada, England, and the US (MIT, Boston University, Colgate.) [citation needed]
Life
Janette Turner was born in Melbourne, Australia [citation needed]
She studied at the University of Queensland and Kelvin Grove Teachers College, gaining a BA in 1965. [citation needed] She holds an MA from Queen's University, Canada, 1973, and a D.Litt (Hon) from University of Queensland, Australia, for "services to Australian Literature.) [citation needed] She has won a number of international literary awards and her books are published in multiple foreign translations. [citation needed]
Bibliography
Novels
- The Ivory Swing (1982)
- The Tiger in the Tiger Pit (1983)
- Borderline (1985)
- Charades (1988)
- A Very Proper Death as by "Alex Juniper", (1990)
- The Last Magician (1992)
- Oyster (1996)
- Due Preparations for the Plague (2003)
- Orpheus Lost (2007)
Short stories
- Dislocations (1986)
- Isobars (1990)
- Collected Stories 1970–1995 (1995)
- North of Nowhere, South of Loss (2003)
Awards and nominations
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- 1982 - Seal Award
- 1992 - New York Times Notable Book of the Year for The Last Magician
- 1998 - New York Times Notable Book of the Year for Oyster
- 2003 - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Fiction Book Award for Due Preparations For The Plague
- 2003 - Davitt Award for best crime novel of the year by an Australian woman for Due Preparations For The Plague
- 2003 - Patrick White Award for literature
Several of her novels have been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award: Charade in 1989, The Last Magician in 1993, and Oyster in 1997. [citation needed]
External links
Notes
website links: www.janetteturnerhospital.com www.cas.sc.edu/CICA