Geraldine Wooller
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Geraldine Wooller is an Australian novelist, short-story writer and essayist. Her novels are predominantly reflective works on the nature of love, friendship, loss and endurance.
Wooller grew up in the suburbs of Perth, primarily raised by her Scottish mother. She commenced her tertiary education in the 1970s, the era of the second wave of feminism
. Her working career has involved the administration of music education, public relations, schools liaison for prospective university students and teaching both foreign languages and English as a second language for adults.
Her work has been favourably reviewed by the late Elizabeth Jolley
. She now writes from her home in Perth.
Wooller grew up in the suburbs of Perth, primarily raised by her Scottish mother. She commenced her tertiary education in the 1970s, the era of the second wave of feminism
Feminism
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. Her working career has involved the administration of music education, public relations, schools liaison for prospective university students and teaching both foreign languages and English as a second language for adults.
Her work has been favourably reviewed by the late Elizabeth Jolley
Elizabeth Jolley
Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO was an English-born writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s. She was 53 when her first book was published, and she went on to publish fifteen novels , four short story collections and three non-fiction books, publishing well into her 70s and achieving...
. She now writes from her home in Perth.
Awards
- High commendation in the Katharine Susannah Prichard Awards 2000 for a short story
- Shortlisted for the Western Australian Premier’s AwardWestern Australian Premier's Book AwardsThe Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an award for books, scripts, digital narrative and a People's Choice. Awards are provided by the Government of Western Australia, and the awards process is managed by the State Library of Western Australia...
2007 for The Seamstress - Shortlisted for the Inaugural Barbara Jefferis AwardBarbara Jefferis AwardThe Barbara Jefferis Award is an Australian Literary award prize. The award was created in 2007 after being endowed by John Hinde upon his death to commemorate his late wife, author Barbara Jefferis. It is funded by his $1 million bequest....
2008 for The Seamstress - Longlisted for the International Dublin Impac AwardInternational IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardThe International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world...
2009 for The Seamstress
Publications
- 2000 – Snoogs and the Dandy
- 2007 – The Seamstress
- 2011 – Transgression