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Toni Jordan

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Toni Lee Jordan
Born1966 (age 57–58)
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]

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

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Novels

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  • Here Lives a Kind Woman (1999)[11]
  • Addition (2008) ISBN 9781922079565
  • Fall Girl (2011) ISBN 9781921758836
  • Nine Days (2013) ISBN 9781922147691
  • Our Tiny Useless Hearts (2016) ISBN 9781925498097
  • The Fragments (2018) ISBN 9781925773132
  • Alles Telt (2021) ISBN 9788726825442[12]
  • Dinner with the Schnabels (2022) ISBN 9780733645129
  • Prettier if she Smiled More (2023) ISBN 97807336451

References

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  1. ^ "Toni Jordan". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Toni Jordan". Text Publishing. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  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.
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