Gender:
Female
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2005 winner ABC Radio Regional Production Fund Short Story Project ABC Radio Short Story Competition for My Mother's New Boyfriend
Awards for Works
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The Artist's Portrait
Sydney
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Hachette Australia
,
2019
14974739
2019
single work
novel
'A story about art, murder, and marking your place in history.
Whatever it was that drew me to Muriel, it wasn't her charm.
'In 1992, morning sickness drives Jane to pre-dawn walks of her neighbourhood where she meets an unfriendly woman who sprays her with a hose as she passes by. When they do talk: Muriel Kemp eyes my pregnant belly and tells me if I really want to succeed, I'd get rid of the baby.
'Driven to find out more about her curmudgeonly neighbour, Jane Cooper begins to investigate the life of Muriel, who claims to be a famous artist from Sydney's bohemian 1920s. Contemporary critics argue that legend, rather than ability, has secured her position in history. They also claim that the real Muriel Kemp died in 1936.
'Murderer, narcissist, sexual deviant or artistic genius and a woman before her time: Who really is Muriel Kemp?' (Publication summary)
- 2020 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2020 shortlisted MUD Literary Prize
- 2017 shortlisted The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers as 'Triptych'.
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