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Marion Halligan


Born
in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
April 16, 1940

Died
February 19, 2024

Genre
Fiction, Nonfiction


Marion Halligan AM was an Australian writer and novelist. Born and educated in Newcastle, New South Wales, she worked as a school teacher and journalist prior to turning to full time writing.

A long time resident of Canberra, she was a member of a group of women writers based in Canberra known as the "Canberra Seven" or "Seven Writers" (1980-1997).

She has won and been shortlisted for numerous significant awards, notably for The Point, Lovers' Knots, Spider Cup and The Golden Dress.

In 2006 Halligan was made a Member in the Order of Australia (AM), General Division, for services to literature and for her work in promoting Australian literature.
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Average rating: 3.54 · 1,066 ratings · 157 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors
The Apricot Colonel
3.16 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Goodbye Sweetheart
3.31 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Valley of Grace
3.60 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Lovers' Knots
3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions
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Murder on the Apricot Coast
3.43 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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The Point
3.75 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions
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Words for Lucy
3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions
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The Golden Dress
3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions
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Shooting the Fox
3.32 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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The Fog Garden
3.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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The Apricot Colonel Murder on the Apricot Coast
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“Facts have to be right. But if I think something is a truth, then it is a truth.”
― Marion Halligan
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“Gossip is the story of our lives," she said.``It is the way a society works out how it is to behave. Our manners, our morals,our mores”
― Marion Halligan, Goodbye Sweetheart
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