User:LydiaLAS/Belinda Jeffrey
Belinda Jeffrey | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Genre | General fiction |
| Website | |
| www | |
Belinda Jeffrey (born 1972, Adelaide) is an Australian writer. In 2006 her short story The Hallelujah Roof was published in the One Book, Many Brisbane.[1] Her first novel Brown Skin Blue was published by University of Queensland Press in 2009, and was followed by Big River, Little Fish in 2010.[2]
She currently lives in Brisbane with her husband, and two sons.[3]
Early Life and Work
[edit]Belinda Jeffrey was born in Adelaide, S.A. in 1972, and before writing her first novel worked as an assistant nurse, primary school teacher and therapist in complementary health.
Writing Career
[edit]After attending a croc-jumping tour in the Northern Territory, Belinda Jeffrey began work on her first novel Brown Skin Blue, a Young Adult book which deals with themes of abuse, Indigenous Australian culture, racism and identity.[4][5] Her second novel Big River, Little Fish is set in S.A. during the 1956 Murray River flood.
Books
[edit]- Big River, Little Fish (2010) ISBN 978-0-7022-3850-5
- Brown Skin Blue (2009) ISBN 978-0-7022-3713-3