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.
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 was formerly Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing, Queensland University of Technology.Interview with Susan Johnson, September 2024
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.
Bibliography
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. Life in Seven Mistakes, Heinemann, 2008. On Beauty, Melbourne University Press, 2009.
My Hundred Lovers, Allen & Unwin, 2012. The Landing, Allen & Unwin, 2015. "Outside manners", pp. 206–215, in: Destroying the joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want (2015, ). From Where I Fell, Allen & Unwin, 2021. Aphrodite’s Breath, Allen & Unwin, 2023.
Honors and awards 1985: Australia Council Literature Board New Writers Grant. 1989: Nancy Keesing Fellowship at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. Voss Literary PrizeFrom Where I Fell, 2022, shortlisted 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 2006.2006 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist The Miles Franklin Award The Broken Book, longlisted 20052005 Miles Franklin Award Longlist, Matilda, 15 April 2005 http://www.middlemiss.org/matilda/2005/04/2005-miles.html 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
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External links
Pandora (Australia's Web Archive, archiving Susan Johnson's 'A Better Woman' blog as one of significance Susan Johnson in conversation with Matthew Condon, State Library of Queensland