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Nationality. Australian. Notable works. Gilgamesh, The Good Parents. Notable awards. Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, Age Book of the Year Fiction Award, Patrick White Award. Joan Elizabeth London (born 1948) is an Australian author of short stories, screenplays and novels.
Australian writer Joan London is the author of the short-story collections, Sister Ships and Other Stories and Letter to Constantine, and the novel Gilgamesh. Sister Ships features tales about women who have a hard time fitting into the "easy frivolous world," to use a phrase from the short story "Lilies," in which their happy, well-adjusted ...
Born. in Perth, Australia. July 24, 1948. edit data. Joan London is an Australian author of short stories, screenplays and novels. She graduated from the University of Western Australia having studied English and French, has taught English as a second language and is a bookseller. She lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, with her husband Geoff.
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Sister Ships and Other Stories (1986) is a collection of short stories by Australian writer Joan London. It was published by Fremantle Press in 1986. It was the author's first short story collection. The collection includes 8 original stories by the author.
Feb 22, 2018 · Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 08.00 EST. Fremantle author Joan London has been awarded the 2015 Patrick White literary award for her ongoing contribution to Australian literature. Established ...
Joan Elizabeth London holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia, and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language. She has taught English, and worked as a bookseller. London writes fiction, screenplays and short stories, and has lived in Fremantle, Western Australia.
