Sally Morrison (born 29 June 1946) is an Australian writer of

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...

and

biography A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curri ...

. She was born in Sydney NSW in 1946 but her family moved to Canberra when her father moved there for a position in the federal public service. Sally Morrison has been a writer all her life, however, she spent her professional career as a

molecular biologist Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecule, molecular basis of biological activity in and between Cell (biology), cells, including biomolecule, biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactio ...

at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

Writing career

She started writing in the early 70s when she had a play "Hag" directed by

Richard Wherrett Richard Bruce Wherrett AM (10 December 19407 December 2001) was an Australian stage director, whose career spanned 40 years. He is known for being the founding director of the Sydney Theatre Company in 1979. Early life Richard Wherrett was bor ...

at the 1976 National Playwrights Festival. This was followed by her first novel ''Who's Taking You to the Dance?'' in 1979 and in 1989 a collection of stories, ''I Am a Boat''. Her novel ''Mad Meg'' won the 1995 Australian National Book Council's Banjo Award and since then there have been two more novels: ''Against Gravity'' and ''The Insatiable Desire of Injured Love''. She has also written a biography of the Australian painter

Clifton Pugh Clifton Ernest Pugh (17 December 1924 – 14 October 1990) was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia's Archibald Prize. One of Australia's most renowned and successful painters, Pugh was strongly influenced by German Express ...

, published in 2009 by Hardie Grant, Australia. Sally Morrison's new novel ''Window Gods'', a sequel to ''Mad Meg'', was published in October 2014 by Hardie Grant in Australia and UK.

Other activities

Recent activities include a presentation made at a Symposium organised by the

Royal Society of Victoria The Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) is the oldest scientific society in Victoria, Australia. Foundation In 1854 two organisations formed with similar aims and membership, these being the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science (found ...

within the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,

, on 18 April 2009 to recognise the life's work of Professor Nancy Millis and a floor talk The art of Moochin' at the NGV Ian Potter Gallery on 7 August 2010

Works

* 1976 ''Hag: A Play in Three Acts'

(unpublished manuscript) * 1979 ''Who's Taking You to the Dance?'

* 1989 ''I am a Boat: Stories'

* 1995 ''Mad Meg'

* 1998 ''Against Gravity'

* 2002 ''The insatiable desire of injured love'

* 2009 ''After Fire: A Biography of Clifton Pugh'

* 2014 ''Window Gods: truth sleeps in the seed'

and 1743582846 (E-Book)

Awards

1995 Australian National Book Council's Banjo Award for ''Mad Meg''.

References

External links

Sally Morrison web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Sally 1946 births Living people 20th-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian novelists Australian women novelists Australian biographers 21st-century Australian women writers 20th-century Australian women writers Australian women biographers