Toni Jordan Explained

Toni Lee Jordan
Birth Place:	Sydney, Australia
Nationality:	Australian
Occupation:	Writer

Toni Jordan (born 1966 in Sydney, Australia)^[1] is a Melbourne-based novelist best known for her debut novel Addition, an international bestseller long listed for the Miles Franklin Award.^{[2] [3] [4]} In 2017 her fourth book, Our Tiny Useless Hearts, was shortlisted for the Voss Literary Prize.^[5] Her novel Nine Days was named the Indie Book of the Year by the Australian Booksellers in 2013.^[6] Her most recent novel Prettier if she Smiled More was called 'sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny'.^[7]

In 2022, she released Dinner with Schnables,^[8] and in 2023 Prettier if she Smiled More.^[9]

She currently teaches at the Faber Academy.^[10]

Bibliography

Novels

• Here Lives a Kind Woman (1999)^[11]
• Addition (2008)
• Fall Girl (2011)
• Nine Days (2013)
• Our Tiny Useless Hearts (2016)
• The Fragments (2018)
• Alles Telt (2021) ^[12]
• Dinner with the Schnabels (2022)
• Prettier if she Smiled More (2023) ISBN 97807336451

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toni Jordan . 2022-04-30 . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . en.
2. Web site: Toni Jordan. Text Publishing. 12 June 2018.
3. Web site: 2016-04-28 . Toni Jordan: How a novelist glams up for the publicity machine . 2024-01-18 . Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more. . en-US.
4. Web site: McWriteface . Writing . 2019-03-07 . Writers on Writing / Plotting for success with Toni Jordan . 2024-01-18 . Writing NSW . en-AU.
5. Web site: Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced | Books+Publishing.
6. Web site: Indie Book Awards. Indie Book Awards. 12 June 2018.
7. Web site: Toni Jordan's tale is sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny . Sydney Morning Herald . 8 June 2023 . 8 August 2023.
8. Web site: Sullivan . Jane . 2022-04-01 . Keep it quick and take a risk: Toni Jordan's recipe for her new novel . 2024-01-18 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
9. Web site: 2023-03-29 . Toni Jordan Q&A Prettier If She Smiled More . dymocks.com.au.
10. Web site: Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin – The Unpredictable Plotter – a masterclass on plot. faberwritingacademy.com.au. 12 June 2018.
11. Book: Jordan, Toni . Here Lives a Kind Woman: A Book . 1999 . Printed at Nexus Press . en.
12. Book: Jordan, Toni . Alles telt . 2021-08-30 . Lindhardt og Ringhof . 978-87-26-82544-2 . nl.