biography
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Jolley, (Monica) Elizabeth (Knight)
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| lived:
| (1923– )
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Birmingham, West Midlands, C England, UK. She was educated at a Quaker boarding school in Birmingham, trained as a nurse, moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1959, and has lived there ever since, working in a variety of occupations as a nurse, orchardist, and teacher. Her first book was a volume of short stories, Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories (1976), which she followed with Mr Scobie's Riddle (1982, Age Book of the Year Award), Miss Peabody's Inheritance (1983), The Well (1986), My Father's Moon (1989), and Cabin Fever (1990). She has an eye for eccentric, incongruous, and ridiculous characters and situations, but the underlying moral tone is serious and can be disturbing. She keeps a farm for fruit and geese, and is also a prolific writer of radio plays and poetry. |
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