Sally Morrison
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Sally Morrison
Sally Morrison is an Australian writer of fiction and biography. She was born in Sydney NSW in 1946 but her family moved to Canberra when her father moved there for a position in the federal public service.
Sally Morrison has been a writer all her life, however, she spent her professional career as a molecular biologist at the University of Melbourne.
at the 1976 National Playwrights Festival.
This was followed by her first novel Who's Taking You to the Dance? in 1979 and in 1989 a collection of stories, I Am a Boat. Her novel Mad Meg won the 1995 Australian National Book Council's Banjo Award and since then there have been two more novels: Against Gravity and The Insatiable Desire of Injured Love.
Her most recent work is a biography of the Australian painter Clifton Pugh
, published in 2009 by Hardie Grant, Australia..
Sally Morrison is at present writing fiction.
Sally Morrison is an Australian writer of fiction and biography. She was born in Sydney NSW in 1946 but her family moved to Canberra when her father moved there for a position in the federal public service.
Sally Morrison has been a writer all her life, however, she spent her professional career as a molecular biologist at the University of Melbourne.
Writing career
She started writing in the early 70s when she had a play "Hag" directed by Richard WherrettRichard Wherrett
Richard Bruce Wherrett AM was an influential and successful Australian theatrical director, whose career spanned 40 years.Richard Wherrett was born in 1940...
at the 1976 National Playwrights Festival.
This was followed by her first novel Who's Taking You to the Dance? in 1979 and in 1989 a collection of stories, I Am a Boat. Her novel Mad Meg won the 1995 Australian National Book Council's Banjo Award and since then there have been two more novels: Against Gravity and The Insatiable Desire of Injured Love.
Her most recent work is a biography of the Australian painter Clifton Pugh
Clifton Pugh
Clifton Ernest Pugh AO, was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia's Archibald Prize. He was strongly influenced by German Expressionism, and was known for his landscapes and portraiture...
, published in 2009 by Hardie Grant, Australia..
Sally Morrison is at present writing fiction.
Other activities
Recent activities include a presentation made at a Symposium organised by the Royal Society of Victoria within the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne, on 18 April 2009 to recognise the life's work of Professor Nancy Millis http://people.aapt.net.au/~sallymorrison/Pick%20of%20the%20Crop.pdf and a floor talk The art of Moochin' at the NGV Ian Potter Gallery on 7 August 2010 http://people.aapt.net.au/~sallymorrison/NGV%20floor%20talk%207.8.10.pdfWorks
- 1976 Hag: A Play in Three Acts http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36713107? (unpublished manuscript)
- 1979 Who's Taking You to the Dance? http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9798685? ISBN 0959700870
- 1995 Mad Meg http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9431908? ISBN 085561532X
- 1998 Against Gravity http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/24602317? ISBN 0091836581
- 1989 I am a Boat: Stories http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19351761? ISBN 0869140701
- 2009 After Fire: A Biography of Clifton Pugh, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31973701 ISBN 9781740666114