Toni Jordan

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Toni Lee Jordan
Born1966 (age 5758)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationWriter

Toni Jordan (born 1966 in Sydney, Australia) [1] is a Melbourne-based novelist best known for her debut novel Addition, an international bestseller long listed for the Miles Franklin Award. [2] [3] [4] In 2017 her fourth book, Our Tiny Useless Hearts, was shortlisted for the Voss Literary Prize. [5] Her novel Nine Days was named the Indie Book of the Year by the Australian Booksellers in 2013. [6] Her most recent novel Prettier if she Smiled More was called 'sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny'. [7]

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In 2022, she released Dinner with Schnables, [8] and in 2023 Prettier if she Smiled More. [9]

She currently teaches at the Faber Academy. [10]

Bibliography

Novels

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References

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  3. "Toni Jordan: How a novelist glams up for the publicity machine". Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  4. McWriteface, Writing (7 March 2019). "Writers on Writing / Plotting for success with Toni Jordan". Writing NSW. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  5. "Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced | Books+Publishing".
  6. "Indie Book Awards". Indie Book Awards. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. "Toni Jordan's tale is sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  8. Sullivan, Jane (1 April 2022). "Keep it quick and take a risk: Toni Jordan's recipe for her new novel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  9. "Toni Jordan Q&A | Prettier If She Smiled More". dymocks.com.au. 29 March 2023.
  10. "Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin – The Unpredictable Plotter – a masterclass on plot". faberwritingacademy.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  11. Jordan, Toni (1999). Here Lives a Kind Woman: A Book. Printed at Nexus Press.
  12. Jordan, Toni (30 August 2021). Alles telt (in Dutch). Lindhardt og Ringhof. ISBN   978-87-26-82544-2.