Elizabeth Jolley

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Elizabeth Jolley


Born
in Birmingham, England, The United Kingdom
June 04, 1923

Died
February 13, 2007

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Monica Elizabeth Jolley was an award-winning writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s. She was 53 years old when her first book was published, and she went on to publish fifteen novels (including an autobiographical trilogy), four short story collections, and three non-fiction books, publishing well into her 70s and achieving significant critical acclaim. She was also a pioneer of creative writing teaching in Australia, counting many well known writers such as Tim Winton among her students. Her novels explore alienated characters and the nature of loneliness and entrapment.

Honours:
1987: Western Australian Citizen of the Year
1988: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to literature
1989: Canada/Australia Literar
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Average rating: 3.48 · 2,728 ratings · 326 reviews · 58 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Well

3.49 avg rating — 909 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions
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Miss Peabody's Inheritance

3.48 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1983 — 16 editions
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The Newspaper of Claremont ...

3.44 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1981 — 13 editions
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My Father's Moon

3.46 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions
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The Sugar Mother

3.47 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1988 — 18 editions
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The orchard thieves

3.34 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions
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Cabin Fever

3.65 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions
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Mr. Scobie's Riddle

3.36 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1983 — 12 editions
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Milk and Honey

3.32 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions
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Foxybaby

3.30 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1985 — 14 editions
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“All you ever care about is money. That's all that matters to you! The only thing you understand is money, what a thing is worth in money.”
Elizabeth Jolley, The Well