Elizabeth Jolley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elizabeth Jolley

Australian writer

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1923

Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Feb-2007

Profession: screenwriter, writer, nurse, university teacher, novelist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO (4 June 1923 – 13 February 2007) was an English-born Australian writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s and forged an illustrious literary career there.
She was 53 when her first book was published, and she went on to publish fifteen novels (including an autobiographical trilogy), four short story collections and three non-fiction books, publishing well into her 70s and achieving significant critical acclaim.
She was also a pioneer of creative writing teaching in Australia, counting many well-known writers such as Tim Winton among her students at Curtin University.Her novels explore "alienated characters and the nature of loneliness and entrapment."