Suzanne Falkiner Suzanne Falkiner i(A31227 works by)
Born: Established: 1952 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Suzanne Falkiner has worked as a reviewer, and in book and magazine publishing. She has a Doctorate in Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Works by Suzanne Falkiner not individually indexed include: 

    Rose : The Voyage of Rose de Freycinet, the Stowaway who Defied the French for Love

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Mick : A Life of Randolph Stow Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2016 9174745 2016 single work biography

'Randolph Stow was one of the great Australian writers of his generation. His novel To the Islands – written in his early twenties after living on a remote Aboriginal mission – won the Miles Franklin Award for 1958. In later life, after publishing seven remarkable novels and several collections of poetry, Stow’s literary output slowed. This biography examines the productive period as well as his long periods of publishing silence.

'In Mick: A Life of Randolph Stow, Suzanne Falkiner unravels the reasons behind Randolph Stow’s quiet retreat from Australia and the wider literary world. Meticulously researched, insightful and at times deeply moving, Falkiner’s biography pieces together an intriguing story from Stow’s personal letters, diaries, and interviews with the people who knew him best. And many of her tales – from Stow’s beginnings in idyllic rural Australia, to his critical turning point in Papua New Guinea, and his final years in Essex, England – provide us with keys to unlock the meaning of Stow’s rich and introspective works.' (Publication summary)

2018 shortlisted ASAL Awards The Australian Historical Association Awards Magarey Medal for Biography
2017 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-Fiction
2017 shortlisted National Biography Award
y separately published work icon Mrs Mort's Madness Surry Hills : Xou Creative , 2014 8478573 2014 single work biography

'Four days before Christmas in 1920, Dorothy Mort shot her lover dead in cold blood. The tragic end to her affair with dashing young doctor, cricket star and War hero, Dr Claude Tozer, scandalised Sydney. Dorothy’s respectable husband was devastated.

'Following a trial that mesmerised the public and sent the media into a frenzy, the troubled North Shore mother of two and budding actress was declared ‘not guilty on the ground of insanity’.

'After nine years in Long Bay Gaol, Dorothy was released and returned to live quietly with her husband . . . But was she really mad, or bad, or neither? And what was the secret that her husband kept for the rest of his life?

'In an absorbing blend of investigative non-fiction and biography, Suzanne Falkiner delves into the case that has intrigued Sydney for almost 100 years.' (Publication summary)

2015 longlisted Davitt Award Best True Crime Book
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