Jean Spender Explained
Jean Maud Spender, Lady Spender, (1901 – 25 March 1970) Australian writer, was born Jean Maud Henderson at Burwood, New South Wales in 1901. As J. M. Spender she wrote crime fiction.[1]
On 6 April 1925 she married the then barrister Percy Spender at Coraki in Northern New South Wales. Percy Spender later became a politician and diplomat and was made KCVO, KBE, QC. The couple had two sons. One son, John Spender, was also a politician and diplomat. The other, Peter Spender, wrote and produced several documentary films.[2]
Jean Spender wrote racy and successful crime thrillers, most of which are set in Sydney with a lightly disguised Percy Spender as the hero.[3]
Spender was an aunt of Dale Spender, feminist scholar, teacher and writer, and the grandmother of Allegra Spender, elected as the Member of Parliament for Wentworth in 2022.[4]
Jean Spender died on 25 March 1970 in Sydney.
Bibliography
Source:
- The Charge Is Murder!, Sydney: Dymocks, 1933 (novel)
- Death Comes in the Night, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1938 (novel)
- Full Moon for Murder, London: Evans Brothers, 1948 (novel)
- Seven Days for Hanging, London: Robert Hale, 1958 (novel)
- Murder on the Prowl, London: Robert Hale, 1960 (novel)
- Death Renders Account, London: Robert Hale, 1960 (novel)
- Ambassador's Wife, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1968 (autobiography)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Austlit . J. M. Spender AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . 2023-10-27 . www.austlit.edu.au . en.
- Web site: Austlit . Peter Spender AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . 2023-10-27 . www.austlit.edu.au . en.
- Web site: Return to Spender . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421195755/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/books/return-to-spender/story-e6frg8nf-1225888627077 . 2015-04-21.
- Web site: Blue blood and green cred . subscription.
