Jessica Anderson (born September 25, 1916) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. Born in Queensland, she moved to Sydney in the 1930s, and was first published in the early 1960s. Drawing on close observation of ordinary life and character, Anderson's spare, precise writing deals with the undercurrents in family life, especially those of women. September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ...

She has several published novels and her short stories have appeared in magazines including The Bulletin, Meanjin and Heat. Front cover of the Feburary 24, 2004 edition of The Bulletin The Bulletin is a weekly magazine, which has been published in Sydney, Australia since 1880. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Heat is a British entertainment magazine published by EMAP Consumer Media, and edited by Mark Frith. ...

Awards

• Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1978: "Tirra Lirra by the River"
• Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1980: "The Impersonators"
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 1981: "The Impersonators"
• The Age Book of the Year Award: 1987: "Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories"

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Bibliography

Novels

• "An Ordinary Lunacy" (1963)
• "The Last Man's Head"(1970)
• "The Commandant"(1975)
• "Tirra Lirra By the River" (1978)
• "The Impersonators"(1980)
• "Taking Shelter"(1989)
• "One of the Wattle Birds"(1994)

Short story collections

• "Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories" (1987)

Recommended Further Reading

Anderson, Jessica, "Starting Too Late", Meanjin 61.2, 2003, 209-216.
Baker, Candida.Jessica Anderson. [Interview] Yacker 2: Australian Writers Talk About Their Work. Sydney: Picador, 1987. 14-27.
Barry, Elaine. Fabricating the Self: The Fictions of Jessica Anderson. St Lucia: UQP, 1992.
Bird, Delys. Rev. of Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson. Westerly 25 (1980): 78-80.
Blair, Ruth. "Jessica Anderson's Mysteries." Island Magazine 31 (1987): 10-15.
Ellison, Jennifer. Interview with Jessica Anderson. Rooms of Their Own. Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin, 1986. 28-49.
Haynes, Roslyn. "Art as Reflection in Jessica Anderson's Tirra Lirra by the River." Australian Literary Studies 12 (1986): 316-23.
Quigley, Marion. "Homesick: Women's Entrapment within the Father's House. A Comparative Study of the fiction of Helen Garner, Beverley Farmer, Jessica Anderson and Elizabeth Harrower." Monash University, 1995.
Sykes, Alrene. "Jessica Anderson: Arrivals and Places." Southerly 46.1 (1986): 57-71.