John Harwood (writer)

John Harwood (writer)

John Harwood (born 1946) was born in Hobart, Tasmania and is an Australian poet, literary critic and novelist.

Educated at the University of Tasmania and Cambridge University, Harwood has worked as an academic at Flinders University in South Australia.cite web |title= John Harwood |publisher= Fantastic Fiction |url= http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/john-harwood/ |accessdate= 2007-09-17 ] He left Flinders University in 1997cite web |title= Meet the Author: John Harwood, by Samela Harris (18-Mar-2006) |publisher= The Big Book Club |url= http://www.thebigbookclub.com.au/page.php?section=353&mId=299&PHPSESSID=b3d75f9931247062f65a52065a04f079 |accessdate= 2007-09-17] to become a full time writer.

While he is better known for his writing on poetry, Harwood made an impact with his first novel, "The Ghost Writer", which was commended in literary awards in Australia and which was a winner of a major International Horror award.

Harwood is the son of the poet, Gwen Harwood.

Awards

*The Miles Franklin Award for "The Ghost Writer", longlisted 2005
*The Commonwealth Writers Prize "The Ghost Writer", commended South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book section, 2005
*International Horror Guild Award for "The Ghost Writer", Best First Novel winner 2005cite web |title= IHG Award Recipients |publisher= International Horror Guild |url= http://www.horroraward.org/prevrec.html |accessdate= 2007-09-17 ]
*Dracula Society Awards, Children of the Night Award for "The Ghost Writer", winner 2004cite web |title= Children of the Night Award |publisher = The Dracula Society |url= http://thedraculasociety.org.uk/childrenofthenig.html |accessdate= 2007-09-17 ]

Bibliography

Novels

* "The Ghost Writer" (Jonathan Cape, 2004) [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/06/1081222460222.html?from=storyrhs Review]
* "The Seance" (Jonathan Cape, 2008)

Biography and Literary Criticism

*"Olivia Shakespear and W.B. Yeats : after long silence" (Macmillan, 1989)
*"Eliot to Derrida : the poverty of interpretation" (Macmillan, 1995)

Notes

External links

*cite web |title= Meet the Author: John Harwood, by Samela Harris (18-Mar-2006) |publisher= The Big Book Club |url= http://www.thebigbookclub.com.au/page.php?section=353&mId=299&PHPSESSID=b3d75f9931247062f65a52065a04f079 |accessdate= 2007-09-17

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