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Janette Turner Hospital (nÊe Turner) (born 12 November 1942) is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer. She is also a teacher of literature and creative writing, has often been a writer-in-residence.

Life

Janette Turner was born in Melbourne, Australia to Pentecostal Christian parents.

She studied at the University of Queensland and Kelvin Grove Teachers College, gaining a BA in 1965. She later taught in North Queensland and Brisbane. In 1999, she was accepted a chair as Carolina Distinguished Professor of English, University of South Carolina. She announced her resignation on October 27, 2009.

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

Awards and nominations

  • 1982 - Seal Award
  • 1992 - New York Times Notable Book of the Year for The Last Magician
  • 1998 - New York Times Notable Book of the Year for Oyster
  • 2003 - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Fiction Book Award for Due Preparations For The Plague
  • 2003 - Davitt Award for best crime novel of the year by an Australian woman for Due Preparations For The Plague
  • 2003 - Patrick White Award for literature

Several of her novels have been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award: Charade in 1989, The Last Magician in 1993, and Oyster in 1997.

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