Elizabeth O'Conner

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Elizabeth O'Conner (born 1913) under the name Barbara Lowe is an Australian novelist. Elizabeth O'Conner was born in Dunedoo in New South Wales. After a childhood spent in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, she studied art in Adelaide and Sydney.

She married in 1942 and moved to the Gulf country of Queensland, where she had four children.

Contents 1 Awards 2 Bibliography 2.1 Novels 2.2 Autobiography

[edit] Awards

Miles Franklin Award

The Irishman, 1960

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• The Irishman (1960)
• Find a Woman (1963)
• The Chinee Bird (1966)
• The Winds of Fate (1977)
• Spirit Man (1980)
• Darling Caroline (1980)

[edit] Autobiography

• Steak for Breakfast (1958)
• A Second Helping (1969)