John Harwood John Harwood i(A35620 works by)
Born: Established: Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

John Harwood was educated at both the University of Tasmania and Cambridge University and he has worked as an academic at the Flinders University of South Australia. Son of Gwen Harwood (qv).

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y separately published work icon The Ghost Writer London : Jonathan Cape , 2004 Z1105256 2004 single work novel mystery

'In this tantalizing tale of Victorian ghost stories and family secrets, timid, solitary librarian Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal Alice and a story he found hidden in his mother's drawer years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at his mother's role in a sinister crime. As he discovers more of Viola's chilling tales, he realizes that they might hold the key to finding Alice and unveiling his family's mystery-or will they bring him the untimely death they seem to foretell?

'Harwood's astonishing, assured debut shows us just how dangerous family skeletons-and stories-can be.' (Publication summary)

2004 winner Dracula Society Awards Children of the Night Award
2005 winner International Horror Guild Awards First Novel
2006 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards Award for Fiction
2005 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
2005 commended Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region Best First Book
2004 winner
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