Dorothy Johnston
Born1948
Geelong, Victoria
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active1975-
Notable worksOne for the Master

Dorothy Johnston (born 1948) is an Australian author of both crime and literary fiction. She has published novels, short stories and essays.

Born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Johnston trained as a teacher at the University of Melbourne and later worked as a researcher in the education field.[1] She lived in Canberra from 1979 to 2008, and currently lives in Ocean Grove, Victoria (Australia).[2] She is a former President of Canberra PEN. She was a founding member of the Seven Writers Group,[3] also known as Seven Writers or the Canberra Seven,[4] established in March 1980. Five of the original members ceased with the group, but Johnston and Margaret Barbalet continued with new writers.[5]

She was a member of Writers Against Nuclear Arms, with her novel Maralinga, My Love, focusing on the impacts of nuclear testing in Australia.[6]

Awards and grants

Bibliography

Novels

Her books include the Sandra Mahoney quartet of mystery novels.[10]

Sandra Mahoney series

Sea-Change Mystery series

Standalone novels

Short stories

Essays

References

  1. ^ Johnston, Dorothy (1948 - ) (Australian Women's Archive Project) Accessed: 4 February 2007
  2. ^ "Leaving literary Canberra", published in The Canberra Times 12 January 2008
  3. ^ Randall, D'arcy "Seven Writers And Australia's Literary Capital", published in Republics of Letters: Literary Communities In Australia, Peter Kirkpatrick and Robert Dixon (Eds.) Sydney University Press, 2012, p205-216.
  4. ^ Fuller, Peter (19 July 1986). "The Canberra Seven". Canberra Times. p. 1.
  5. ^ Barbalet, Margaret (1988). Canberra tales. Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Penguin Books Australia. p. 261. ISBN 0140111689.
  6. ^ White, Isobel (1988). "Maralinga, My Love: A Novel [Book Review]". Aboriginal History. 12: 203–205 – via Informit.
  7. ^ "Story ends on a happy note for seven authors who share in $2m Grants for Canberra writers". The Canberra Times. 29 October 1988. p. 2.
  8. ^ Hefner, Robert (13 June 1991). "Author wins award to finish book about life in Canberra". The Canberra Times. p. 10.
  9. ^ "ACT Book of the Year Winners". ACT Virtual Library. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  10. ^ Johnston, Dorothy (June 2016). "Behind the book 1: A camel, a corpse and the coast". Good Reading: 30–32 – via Informit.

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