1. Glenda Emilie Adams was an Australian novelist and short story writer, probably best known as the winner of the 1987 Miles Franklin Award for Dancing on Coral.
12 Facts About Glenda Adams
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Glenda Adams was a teacher of creative writing, and helped develop writing programs.
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Glenda Adams Emilie Felton was born in Ryde, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, the younger of two children.
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Glenda Adams attended Fort Street Primary School for two years and Sydney Girls High School before going to the University of Sydney from which she graduated with an honours degree in Indonesian.
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Glenda Adams was a cousin of Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, but held opposing political views and wanted to become a political journalist.
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Glenda Adams moved to New York City when she won a scholarship to study at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and graduated in 1965.
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Glenda Adams worked as a lecturer at a number of tertiary institutions, including Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College, before returning to Australia and the University of Technology, Sydney.
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Glenda Adams helped design the master of arts writing program at the university, a program which became a model for postgraduate writing programs throughout Australia.
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Glenda Adams died on 11 July 2007 in Sydney, following a battle with ovarian cancer and secondary brain tumours.
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Glenda Adams was posthumously awarded the biennial ASA Medal of the Australian Society of Authors.
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Glenda Adams started writing at the age of 10, with the encouragement of her mother.
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Glenda Adams's third novel, Longleg, published in 1990, was an award-winner.