Melbourne-based novelist
Toni Lee Jordan | |
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Born | 1966 (age 58–59) Sydney, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Writer |
Toni Jordan (born 1966 in Sydney, Australia) is a Melbourne-based novelist best known for her debut novel Addition, an international bestseller long listed for the Miles Franklin Award. In 2017 her fourth book, Our Tiny Useless Hearts, was shortlisted for the Voss Literary Prize. Her novel Nine Days was named the Indie Book of the Year by the Australian Booksellers in 2013. Her most recent novel Prettier if she Smiled More was called 'sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny'.
In 2022, she released Dinner with Schnables, and in 2023 Prettier if she Smiled More.
She currently teaches at the Faber Academy.
Bibliography
Novels
- Here Lives a Kind Woman (1999)
- 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
- Dinner with the Schnabels (2022) ISBN 9780733645129
- Prettier if she Smiled More (2023) ISBN 97807336451
References
- "Toni Jordan". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- "Toni Jordan". Text Publishing. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- "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.
- McWriteface, Writing (7 March 2019). "Writers on Writing / Plotting for success with Toni Jordan". Writing NSW. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- "Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced | Books+Publishing".
- "Indie Book Awards". Indie Book Awards. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- "Toni Jordan's tale is sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- 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.
- "Toni Jordan Q&A | Prettier If She Smiled More". dymocks.com.au. 29 March 2023.
- "Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin – The Unpredictable Plotter – a masterclass on plot". faberwritingacademy.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- Jordan, Toni (1999). Here Lives a Kind Woman: A Book. Printed at Nexus Press.
- Jordan, Toni (30 August 2021). Alles telt (in Dutch). Lindhardt og Ringhof. ISBN 978-87-26-82544-2.
External links
- Author's official site
- Text Publishing's author page
- Good Reads author page
- Interview with the Sydney Morning Herald
- Interview with Nick Earls on ABC's The Green Room