Vanessa Russell Vanessa Russell i(A80477 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Vanessa Russell has a PhD from University of Melbourne on the topic: ‘Losing My Religion: Studies in Deconversion’. 

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2017 recipient The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund

$5,760awarded for a research trip to Christmas Island, Port Headland and Acacia Prison to inform her novel 'Refugee Zoo', which concerns the life and death of Ahmad Shah Abed. 

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Holy Bible Collingwood : Sleepers Publishing , 2013 5983582 2013 single work novel

'Tranquillity Bloom belongs to her parents’ tiny religion in Ballarat, but dreams of escaping to the city. When Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait, her father tries to force her to get baptised. She manages to hold out, but doesn’t know how long she can last. Then her eldest brother and his Outsider wife stop attending, and Tranquillity sees exactly how painful leaving her religion can be.' (Publisher's blurb)

2014 shortlisted Most Underrated Book Award
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