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Tobsha Learner

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Tobsha Learner

Tobsha Learner is a British/Australian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Her first collection of short stories, Quiver, sold 150,000 copies worldwide.[1] She has sold over 790 thousand books and is in translation in a number of countries. Her publishers have included Tor US, LittleBrown UK and HarperCollins AU. She is married with three stepsons, and while currently residing in New York has until recently divided her time between London and California.[2][3]

Early life

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Learner was born in Cambridge, England and raised in London. She is the daughter of Anglo-Australian parents: Arnold Learner, an English-born mathematician, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in London at forty and his first wife Eva Learner née Rechts, social worker, feminist and humanist who was born in Palestine then migrated to Australia aged four. Learner's parents moved to England in the late 1950s. She has two siblings Adam and Ruth Learner.[citation needed]

Learner went to Paddington Comprehensive then onto Hornsey College of Art for a Foundation year. During that year she also trained as a marble carver in Carrara, Italy,[4] apprenticed to the Australian sculptor Joel Ellenberg. After which she migrated at eighteen to Melbourne, Australia. She then went to the Victorian College of the Arts to complete a BA in sculpture. But in her second year, began to return to her first love of theatre. Firstly through performance art then playwriting after becoming one of the founders of avant-garde theatre company 'Straight-face Productions.'[citation needed]

In 1989 Learner was one of the founding sponsors of the National Foundation for Australian Women.[5] Her "Literary papers, 1983-1992", are held by the Mitchell Library at the State Library of New South Wales.[6]

After completing her degree she moved to Sydney, where she did a playwright's course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art then on to AFTRS, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School for a screenwriting course. Her mentors included writer/teacher Paul Thompson and director Jimmy Sherman.[citation needed]

Plays

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Plays

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  • Is It Buckskin That Holds the Card?, 1984[7]
  • Angels, 1988[8]
  • The Waters of Pham Thi Lan, 1994[9]
  • Wolf : A Dedication to Priapus, Currency Press, 1992, ISBN 0868193356
  • The Glass Mermaid, Currency Press, 1994, ISBN 0868193941
  • Les Enfants du Paradis, adaptor of the work by Jacques Prevert, 1988[10]
  • Miracles, Currency Press, 1998, ISBN 086819557X
  • Seven Acts of Love (as witnessed by a cat), Hilary Linstead & Associates, 1995[11]
  • Fidelity, 2004[12]
  • Black Wedding, 2009[13]

Short plays

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  • Feast, 1993[14]
  • The Gun in History, 1994[15]
  • Cage, 2017

One person plays

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Radio plays

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  • Volkov, 1987[19]
  • Lionheart, 1992[20]
  • Queen Song, Australian Broadcast Corporation, 1996

Short films

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  • Feast, 1990, directed by Jill Moonie
  • Antonio's Angel (original story by Rosalba Clemente)
  • Succubus, directed by Harry Weinmann

Books

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Historical fiction (as Tobsha Learner)

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Thrillers (as T.S.Learner)

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Thrillers (as Tobsha Learner)

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Erotic fiction (short story collection)

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  • Quiver: A Book of Erotic Tales, Viking, 1996, ISBN 0670873098
  • Tremble: Sensual Fables of the Mystical and Sinister, HarperCollins, 2004, ISBN 0732270634
  • Yearn: Tales of Lust and Longing, HarperCollins, 2011, ISBN 9780732291815

References

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  1. ^ "Tobsha Learner - About the Author". Fiction DB. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ Elliott, Tim (4 February 2012). "A nice little Learner". Fairfax. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. ^ Purcell, John. "Tobsha Learner, author of Yearn, Tremble and Quiver, answers Ten Terrifying Questions". Booktopia. Retrieved 2 January 2018.and more recently resides in New York
  4. ^ Landsman, Lexi (15 October 2009). "Fascination with ancient Egypt". Australian Jewish News. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ^ "National Foundation for Australian Women". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Tobsha Learner literary papers, 1983-1992". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Is it Buckskin that holds the Card?". archival.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Angels". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  9. ^ "The Waters of Pham Thi Lan". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Les Enfants du Paradis". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Seven Acts Of Love (As Witnessed By A Cat)". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Fidelity". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Black Wedding". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Feast". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  15. ^ "The Gun in History". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Mistress". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  17. ^ "S.N.A.G. (Sensitive New Age Guy)". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  18. ^ "Homage". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Volkov". archival.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Lionheart". archival.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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