Elizabeth Harrower (writer)

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Elizabeth Harrower (born 1928 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian novelist and short story writer.

She was born in Sydney but spent her childhood in industrial Newcastle, New South Wales. She lived in London from 1951 to 1959. On her return to Sydney she worked as a reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald, for the ABC, and in publishing.[1]

Her novels show "a psychological fascination with deep-seated human motivations, fears and obsessions".[1]

[edit] Bibliography

  • Down in the City 1957
  • The Long Prospect 1958
  • The Catherine Wheel 1960
  • The Watch Tower 1966.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Adelaide (1988) p. 87

[edit] References

  • Adelaide, Debra (1988) Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide, London, Pandora


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NAME Harrower, Elizabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Contemporary Australian novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH