Maureen Pople Maureen Pople i(A27520 works by) (a.k.a. Maureen Violet Pople)
Born: Established: 19 Sep 1928 Werris Creek, Murrurundi - Quirindi - Werris Creek area, New England, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Mar 2011 Ashfield, Ashfield - Burwood area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Maureen Pople grew up in rural New South Wales during World War Two. She attended Sydney University, afterwards working for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. She began writing in 1976. In 1995 she was one of the judges for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Children's Books. She contributed to Australian magazines and journals, including the Canberra Times, Nepean Review, ASA Journal, Woman's Day, Australian Women's Weekly, New Woman and Northern Perspective.

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y separately published work icon Relative Strangers St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 Z488275 1992 single work novel young adult detective When his classmate Linda Cade is assaulted one night, teenager Henry Potter is determined to find out who did it. His investigations force him to do some fast thinking about himself and the other relative strangers that live in his small country town. -- NLA catalogue.
1993 commended Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature
A Vibration in the Memory 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Not Drowning, But Waving : Fifteen Years of the National Short Story Competition 1988; (p. 28-33)
1976 winner The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition
The Lumberjack 1988 single work short story crime
— Appears in: The Australian Way , November 1988; (p. 81-86) Australian Golden Dagger Mysteries 1988; (p. 47-55)
1989 November winner Australian Golden Dagger Mystery Competition
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