GJ
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Contemporary Australian novelist and academic
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Female
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(Harvey)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Gail Jones (born 1955) is an Australian novelist and academic.
Early life and career
Gail Jones was born in Harvey, Western Australia and educated at the University of Western Australia. She is currently Professor of Writing in the Writing and Society Research School at the University of Western Sydney.
Awards
Five Bells
- Nita Kibble Literary Award, Winner, 2012
- Longlisted for Miles Franklin Award, 2012
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- Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Award, 2008
- Shortlisted for Prime Minister's Literary Awards, 2008
- Shortlisted for Nita Kibble Award 2008
- Shortlisted for SA Premiers Fiction Prize 2008
- Shortlisted for Victorian Premier’s Award 2008
- Longlisted for Orange Prize (UK) 2008
- Shortlisted for Prix Femina Etranger (France) 2008
Dreams of Speaking
- Longlisted for Orange Prize (UK)2006
- Shortlisted for Queensland Premiers’ Prize 2006
- Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Award, 2007
- Shortlisted for NSW Premier’s Prize 2007
- Shortlisted for Brisbane Courier Mail Book of the Year 2007
- Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2008
Sixty Lights
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction winner and Premier's Prize 2004
- South Australian Premier's Awards, 2006
- ALS Gold Medal, 2005
- The Age Book of the Year Fiction Award, 2005
- Shortlist Miles Franklin Award 2005
- Shortlist Commonwealth Writers Award Pacific Region 2005
- Shortlist NSW Premier’s Fiction Award 2005
- Shortlist Victorian Premier’s Fiction Award 2005
- Longlist IMPAC (Dublin) Award 2006
- Longlist Man Booker Prize (2004)
Black Mirror
- Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2003
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction winner 2002
- Shortlisted Age Book of the Year Award 2003
- Shortlisted Brisbane Courier Mail Book of the Year 2003
- Longlist IMPAC (Dublin) Award 2003
Fetish Lives
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction joint-winner and Premier's Prize joint-winner 1997
The House of Breathing
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction winner 1993
- FAW Barbara Ramsden Award Book of the Year, 1992
- T. A. G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished work of Fiction by a Western Australian Writer, 1991
- Steele Rudd Award 2003
- Shortlisted for New South Wales Premier's Fiction Award 2003
- "Writing WA - TAG Hungerford Award winners". 2005-09-02.