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Thea Astley

Australia (1925 - 2004)

Thea Astley was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin Awards, Australia's major literary award, than any other writer. As well as being a writer, she taught at all levels of education - primary, secondary and tertiary.

Genres: Inspirational

Novels

   Girl with a Monkey (1958)
   Descant for Gossips (1960)
   The Well Dressed Explorer (1962)
   The Slow Natives (1965)
   A Boat Load of Homefolk (1968)
   The Acolyte (1972)
   A Kindness Cup (1974)
   An Item from the Late News (1983)
   Beachmasters (1985)
   Reaching Tin River (1990)
   Vanishing Points (1992)
   Coda (1994)
   The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow (1996)
   Drylands (1999)

Collections

   Hunting the Wild Pineapple (1979)
   It's Raining in Mango (1987)
   Collected Stories (1997)

Anthologies edited

Coast to Coast (1970)

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Award nominations

1990 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : Reaching Tin River

Thea Astley recommends

Baptism of Fire (1996)
Christine Harris
"A delightful book: delicately ironic, questioning, beautifully researched. I couldn't put it down."

The Common Rat (1993)
Carmel Bird
"A most uncommon writer. Splendidly original."

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