Estelle Thompson

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Estelle Thompson, c.1991

Estelle May Thompson (1930–2003) was an Australian crime fiction writer, author of 16 novels and one biographical memoir. Her crime thrillers have been published worldwide in hardcover and paperback, most also in large print editions, Braille and/or as audio cassettes. Five have been translated. [1]

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Life

Thompson was born 9 October 1930 in Gympie, Queensland to Andrew Thompson, a dairy farmer of Irish descent, and his wife Lillias May (née Nahrung). She said that she wrote in her spare time whilst living on the family farm at Nambour near Brisbane. [2]

Three of Thompson's novels where nominated for the Miles Franklin Literary Award: The Lawyer and the Carpenter in 1963; The Edge of Nowhere in 1965; and The Wrong Saturday in 1968. [3] [4] [5]

Thompson's sixth novel, Find a Crooked Sixpence, was serialised in The Australian Women's Weekly. [6]

Thompson's death on 28 May 2003 was reported in the Brisbane Courier Mail as "late of Dulong". [7]

Publications

Translations

Was du nicht weisst, macht dich nicht tot, (German edition) Scherz, 1982, ISBN   3502508550
Le verger de la peur : roman, (French edition) Les Editions Mondiales, 1962

De fatale zaterdag, translated into Dutch by J. C. Torringa-Timmer, Davidsfond, 1974, ISBN   9061520150
Lourd de menaces, translated into French by C. Wourgaft, Gallimard, 1970

Tödlicher Hass : Roman, (German edition) Wilhelm Heyne, 1975, ISBN   345311129X

Eine feine Familie, translated into German by Ingrid Herrmann, Scherz, 1982, ISBN   3502508712

Der blinde Jager, (German edition) Scherz, 1982, ISBN   3502508356

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References

  1. "Thompson, Estelle". Trove People, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. Hale books (1991). "Blurb on "The Substitute"" . Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. "[Miles Franklin Literary Award 1963 : entries submitted]". Trove, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. "[Miles Franklin Literary Award 1965 : entries submitted]". Trove, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. "[Miles Franklin Literary Award 1968 : entries submitted]". Trove, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. "Find a Crooked Sixpence". Trove Newspapers, National Library of Australia. The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. "THOMPSON, Estelle May". The Ryerson Index. Retrieved 17 January 2018.