Josephine Wilson (writer)

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Josephine Wilson
Born Lincolnshire, England
OccupationWriter and academic
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active1994-
Notable works Extinctions
Notable awards2017 Miles Franklin Award

Josephine Wilson is an Australian writer and academic based in Perth, Western Australia. [1]

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Biography

Wilson was born in Lincolnshire, England, and came to live in Australia with her family at the age of six. She has a Masters of Philosophy from the University of Queensland and a PhD from University of Western Australia (UWA). [2]

She writes essays, poetry and fiction. [2]

In September 2017, Wilson won the Miles Franklin Award for her second novel, Extinctions (UWA Publishing, 2016). [2] This book had won the inaugural Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript in 2016. [3] It also won the 2017 Colin Roderick Award, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. [4]

Wilson lives in Perth and teaches creative writing and literary theory at Murdoch University. She has been a sessional teacher at UWA and Curtin University, lecturing in performance studies, creative writing, and the history of art and design. [5]

Wilson was a writer-in-residence at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs (2019), and an Asialink resident in Shanghai (2018). [6]

Bibliography

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Novels

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References

  1. "Austlit — Josephine Wilson". Austlit. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Josephine Wilson". UWA Publishing. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. "Inaugural Dorothy Hewett Award Goes to West Australian Writer Josephine Wilson" (PDF). UWA Publishing. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. "Josephine Wilson". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. "Rare West Australian win in Miles Franklin award". ABC News. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  6. "Dr. Josephine Wilson PhD. English and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia; M. Phil. Creative Arts, University of Queensland.a." Murdoch University. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  7. "The Geography of Haunted Places". AusStage. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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