Veronica Brady (b. 5 January 1929) is a West Australian Catholic nun, writer and academic: she was one of the first Australian nuns to broadcast and teach at university.[1]
She is an authority on Nobel Prize-winning Australian author Patrick White[2] and wrote a biography of Australian poet Judith Wright.[3]
After teaching at Loreto Convent in Kirribilli, NSW, Brady went to the University of Western Australia in 1972, and became an Associate Professor in 1991. She is currently Emeritus Professor of English at UWA.[4]
Brady is known for being outspoken: she has publicly criticised the Vatican stance on abortion, homosexuality and contraception, has been involved in the Aboriginal rights movement and the anti-uranium mining lobby, and supports the ordination of female priests in the Catholic Church.[5]
Kath Gordon's biography of Sister Brady is Larrikin Angel.[6]
Her other writings include Caught in the Draught, Polyphonies of the Self, and South of My Days.