Jennifer Higgie

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Jennifer Higgie
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter, art critic
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active2006-

Jennifer Higgie is an Australian novelist, screenwriter, art critic and editor of the London-based contemporary arts magazine Frieze.

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Career

In 2017, her first children's book, 'There's Not One', was published by Scribe. It was shortlisted for the Australian Book Design Awards. In 2006 she published the novel Bedlam. [1] She is also the writer of the recently completed independent feature film, I Really Hate My Job (2007), directed by Oliver Parker and starring Neve Campbell, Shirley Henderson, Alexandra Maria Lara and Danny Huston. [2]

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References

  1. "Publishing? It's an art form". The Times . London. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  2. "Oliver Parker's 'I Really Hate My Job' in production in London". Flagship Media Group. 7 August 2006. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
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