Toni Jordan (born 1966 in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

, Australia) is a

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-based novelist best known for her debut novel ''Addition'', an international bestseller long listed for the

Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the Will (law), will of Miles Franklin ...

. In 2017 her fourth book, ''Our Tiny Useless Hearts'', was shortlisted for the

Voss Literary Prize The Voss Literary Prize is an annual award named in honour of historian Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss (1930–1963). It is awarded to the best novel published in the previous year and is managed and judged by the Australian University Heads of Engl ...

. Her novel ''Nine Days'' was named the Indie Book of the Year by the Australian Booksellers in 2013. Her most recent novel ''Prettier if she Smiled More'' was called 'sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny'. In 2022, she released Dinner with Schnables, and in 2023 ''Prettier if she Smiled More''. She currently teaches at the Faber Academy.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Here Lives a Kind Woman (1999)'' * ''Addition'' (2008) * ''Fall Girl'' (2011) * ''

Nine Days Nine Days (stylized as ''ninedays'') is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. It was formed in the hamlet of St. James, Suffolk County, New York in 1994 by John Hampson and Brian Desveaux, and released three independent albums in ...

'' (2013) * ''Our Tiny Useless Hearts'' (2016) * ''The Fragments'' (2018) * ''Alles Telt'' (2021) * ''Dinner with the Schnabels'' (2022) * ''Prettier if she Smiled More'' (2023) ISBN 97807336451

References

External links

Author's official site

Text Publishing's author page

Good Reads author page

Interview with Nick Earls on ABC's The Green Room
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Toni Living people 21st-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian women writers Writers from Sydney 1966 births Australian women novelists