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Helen Garner

Biography

Helen Garner

Helen Garner writes novels, stories, screenplays and works of nonfiction. In 2006, she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016, she won the prestigious Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Nonfiction. In 2019, she was honored with the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. Her books include MONKEY GRIP, THE CHILDREN'S BACH, COSMO COSMOLINO, THE SPARE ROOM, THE FIRST STONE, THIS HOUSE OF GRIEF, EVERYWHERE I LOOK, and her diaries YELLOW NOTEBOOK, ONE DAY I'LL REMEMBER THIS and HOW TO END A STORY.

Helen Garner

Books by Helen Garner

by Helen Garner - Fiction, Short Stories

A woman sends postcards to a former lover from the idyllic Gold Coast. A chorus of hometown voices gossip about a wayward friend returned. A young girl discovers a hidden box of horrors. Helen Garner is best known for her frank, unsparing and intricate portraits of Australian life. Now, in STORIES, comes the collected short fiction of a singular literary voice. These stories delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of life, and all told with Garner's characteristic sharpness, honesty and humor. Each one is a perfect piece, but together they showcase a rare talent and a master of many literary forms.