Susan Johnson (Australian author) explained

Susan Johnson (born 1956) is an Australian author of literary fiction, memoir, short stories and essays. She has been a full-time writer since 1985, with occasional stints of journalism at Australian newspapers, journals and magazines.^[1]

Biography

Johnson was born in 1956, in Brisbane, Queensland. She spent her childhood in Sydney, attending St Ives High School In New South Wales and then Nambour High School and Clayfield College in Queensland. She is currently Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing, Queensland University of Technology. Her latest novel The Landing was published in August, 2015.^[2]

At the National Library of Australia Johnson delivered the 2011 Ray Mathew Lecture entitled "Prodigal Daughter", in which she explored the topic of expatriate Australian women authors, her ambivalent relationship to Australia, and Australia's attitude towards its artists.

Susan Johnson was on the program to appear in 3 events at the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.^[3]

Published works

• Latitudes: New Writing From The North, University of Queensland Press, 1986.
• Messages from Chaos Harper and Row, 1987.
• Flying Lessons, Heinemann 1990.
• A Big Life, MacMillan, 1993.
• Women Love Sex, Vintage, 1996.
• A Better Woman: A Memoir Random House, 1999.
• The Broken Book, Allan & Unwin, 2005. ^{[4] [5]}
• Life in Seven Mistakes, Heinemann, 2008. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}
• On Beauty, Melbourne University Press, 2009. ^[10]
• My Hundred Lovers, Allen & Unwin, 2012.
• The Landing, Allen & Unwin, 2015.
• From Where I Fell, Allen & Unwin, 2021.
• Aphrodite’s Breath, Allen & Unwin, 2023.

Contributed chapter

• "Outside manners", pp. 206–215, in: Destroying the joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want (2015,).

Honors and awards

• 1985: Australia Council Literature Board New Writers Grant^[11]
• 1989: Nancy Keesing Fellowship at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris.^[11]

Voss Literary Prize	From Where I Fell, 2022, shortlisted^[12]
APA Book Design Award Best Designed Literary Fiction Book Award	The Broken Book, 2006, shortlisted
Association for the Study of Australian Literature ALS Gold Medal	The Broken Book, 2006, shortlisted
CAL (Copyright Agency Limited) Waverley Library Award for Literature	The Broken Book, 2006, shortlisted
Commonwealth Writers' Prize	The Broken Book, 2006, shortlisted
International Dublin Literary Award	The Broken Book, longlisted 2006.^[13]
The Miles Franklin Award	The Broken Book, longlisted 2005^[14]
National Biography Award	A Better Woman, shortlisted 1999.
National Book Council Banjo Award	A Big Life, shortlisted 1994.
Nita Kibble Literary Award	The Broken Book, shortlisted 2006
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Fiction Prize	The Broken Book, shortlisted 2006
Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction Victorian Premier's Literary Awards	Flying Lessons shortlisted, 1991 A Big Life, shortlisted 1994

External links

• • Pandora (Australia's Web Archive, archiving Susan Johnson's 'A Better Woman' blog as one of significance
• http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Johnson%2C%20Susan%2C%201956-%22&iknowwhatimean=1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Susan Johnson biography . Abetterwoman.net . 30 April 2009 . 16 September 2011.
2. Interview with Susan Johnson, June 2015
3. Web site: Brisbane Writers Festival 2017. Uplit. 2017-09-04.
4. News: Charmian, George and Susan, too – Books . www.theage.com.au . 11 September 2001 . 16 September 2011 . Melbourne . Aviva . Tuffield.
5. News: The owl has flown – Books . www.smh.com.au . 30 October 2004 . 16 September 2011.
6. Web site: Case . Jo . Nothing in Common – Susan Johnson talking with Louise Adler: Session Review · . Readings.com.au . 25 August 2008 . 16 September 2011.
7. News: Life in Seven Mistakes – Book Reviews – Books – Entertainment . smh.com.au . 8 August 2008. 16 September 2011.
8. News: Life in Seven Mistakes – Book Reviews – Books – Entertainment . theage.com.au . 11 August 2008. 16 September 2011 . Melbourne . Felicity . Plunkett.
9. News: Jennifer Levasseur . Dread central to family life . The Australian . 2 August 2008 . 16 September 2011.
10. Web site: Susan Johnson: On beauty – Life Matters – 2 June 2009 . Abc.net.au . 2 June 2009 . 16 September 2011.
11. Web site: National Library of Australia | Everywhere and Nowhere . Nla.gov.au . 23 August 2011 . 16 September 2011.
12. Web site: 2022-11-04 . Short List 2022 . 2022-11-04 . The Voss Literary Prize . en.
13. 2006 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist Web site: International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award . 2011-02-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110122082632/http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2006/longlist.htm . 22 January 2011 . dmy-all .
14. 2005 Miles Franklin Award Longlist, Matilda, 15 April 2005 http://www.middlemiss.org/matilda/2005/04/2005-miles.html