Betty Bishop Betty Bishop i(A3231 works by) (a.k.a. Betty Reed)
Also writes as: Penelope Ashe
Born: Established: 1928 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Betty Bishop 'has been happily married for fifty years' [in 2002] and has seven children and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She has stood for Parliament twice. In 1983 she commenced tertiary study and started writing after joining a writing class with WEA in 1985. She belongs to a small writing group which, with her family, is very supportive.

Betty Bishop was one of a collective of SA writers who wrote under the pseudonym 'Penelope Ashe'. In 1989 she won the Sunday Mail short story award and was runner-up in the C. J. Dennis Award for short stories. Several of her unpublished short stories have been Commended in the National Literary Awards anthology section, 1997-1999 and elsewhere. She has had work published in London and New York.

Betty's other interestes include art. She has exhibited widely and has had a solo exhibition at Lombard Art Gallery in Magill, SA.

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Affiliation Notes

  • South Australian
Last amended 9 Sep 2002 13:03:23
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