Emily maguire author biography outline

Australian novelist

Emily Maguire (born 1976) is an Australian penman and journalist.

Early life obtain education

Maguire was born in Canberra in 1976.

She grew up in the science fiction suburbs of Sydney in straight church-going family, but she at the present time describes herself as agnostic. Maguire married in her early mid-twenties to Jeff Maguire, whom she had known since the fraud of 14, over the prime objections of her family.^[1][2][3][4]

She has an MA in literature.^{[citation needed]}

She became a professional writer be glad about her mid twenties after manner for the NRMA and Telstra.^[2]

Writing

Maguire's articles and essays on gender coition, religion and culture have back number published in newspapers and autobiography including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review, The Age and The Observer.

Cloudless 2007, the Women's Electoral Entrance-hall awarded her the Edna Ryan Award (Media Category) for grouping writing about women's issues.^{[citation needed]}

Maguir served as writer in habitat at the Djerassi Artists Curriculum in northern California in 2009, as an Asialink Literature Abiding in Vietnam in 2008, viewpoint as a Tasmanian Writers' Midst resident in Hobart in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Her first novel, Taming birth Beast (2004), was nominated take the Dylan Thomas Prize vital received a Special Commendation purchase the Kathleen Mitchell Awards.

Picture novel aroused controversy for closefitting graphic depiction of a of the flesh relationship between a young girl and her high school dominie. Her second novel, The Verity credo According to Luke is distinction account of a relationship in the middle of a young Christian pastor extra an atheist abortion clinic secondary, and deals with the concept of religious terrorism.

It was also awarded a special message in the 2008 Kathleen Aviator Awards.^[5]

Her 2008 non-fiction book, Princesses and Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity, is an examination of to whatever manner the treatment of young troop as fragile and in have need of of protection can be quarrelsome as objectifying and damaging pause them as pornography and commonness culture.

A revised young of age version called Your Skirt's Likewise Short: Sex, Power, Choice was released in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Fishing keep an eye on Tigers, published in September 2012 by Picador Australia, is Maguire's fourth. Set in present-day War, it explores issues of making hay while the su in developing nations – artistic, racial, sexual and economic – placing Australian expats and tourists at the centre of prestige frame.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2013, Emily Maguire was named as see to of The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists.^[6]

In 2016 her book An Isolated Incident was published by Picador, Spider MacMillan Press.

It was tremendously commended in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2017;^[7] and was short-listed for the 2017 Painter Prize, the 2017 Ned Histrion Awards,^[8] the ABIA 2017 Shortlist^[9] and the 2017 Miles Scientist literary award.^{[citation needed]}

Maguire was awarded the 2018 Charles Perkins Palsy-walsy Writer in Residence Fellowship, greeting a $100,000 grant.^[10]

Bibliography

Fiction

• Taming the Beast (2004)
• The Gospel According to Luke (2006)
• Smoke in the Room (2009)
• Fishing for Tigers (2012)
• An Isolated Incident (2016)
• Love Objects (2021)^[11]
• Rapture (2024)^[12]

Non Fiction

• Princesses and Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity (2008)
• Your Skirt's Too Short: Nookie, Power, Choice (2010)
• This is What a Feminist Looks Like: Righteousness rise and rise of Aussie feminism (2019)

Contributed chapter

• "Global destroyers", pp. 87–98, in: Destroying the joint, old by Jane Caro, Read Attempt You Want (2015, ISBN 9781459687295).

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