Gail Jones

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This article is about the Australian writer. For the American writer, see Gayl Jones.

Gail Jones (born 1955) is an Australian novelist and academic.

Early life and career

Gail Jones was born in Harvey, Western Australia and educated at the University of Western Australia. She is currently Professor of Writing in the Writing and Society Research School at the University of Western Sydney.

Awards

Five Bells

Sorry

  • Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Award, 2008
  • Shortlisted for Prime Minister's Literary Awards, 2008
  • Shortlisted for Nita Kibble Award 2008
  • Shortlisted for SA Premiers Fiction Prize 2008
  • Shortlisted for Victorian Premier’s Award 2008
  • Longlisted for Orange Prize (UK) 2008
  • Shortlisted for Prix Femina Etranger (France) 2008

Dreams of Speaking

Sixty Lights

Black Mirror

Fetish Lives

The House of Breathing

  • Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction winner 1993
  • FAW Barbara Ramsden Award Book of the Year, 1992
  • T. A. G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished work of Fiction by a Western Australian Writer, 1991 [1]
  • Steele Rudd Award 2003
  • Shortlisted for New South Wales Premier's Fiction Award 2003

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

  • The House of Breathing (1992).
  • Fetish Lives (1997).

Critical works

These works have been widely translated. The languages include Italian, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Mandarin, Polish, Croatian and Czech.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Writing WA - TAG Hungerford Award winners". 2005-09-02. 

External links

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