Alison Cotes was an arts and theatre critic for 25 years. She co-founded The Matilda Awards with Sue Gough in 1988 and served on the judging panel. She has also written for crikey.com's Daily Review, for The Courier-Mail, and for a range of other publications..
She taught English Literature at The University of Queensland for 13 years, then started freelance writing with interests in literature, travel, the arts, and theology.
Sources:
Australian Women's Book Review v 26 : no.1/2 2014.
Queensland Review, vol. 7, no. 2, pg. 109, 2000.
Matilda Awards, 10 April 2022 (https://www.matildaawards.com.au/news/2022/4/10/vale-alison-cotes).
