Estelle Thompson
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Estelle May Thompson (1930–2003) was an Australian
Life
Thompson was born 9 October 1930 in Gympie, Queensland to Andrew Thompson, a dairy farmer of Irish descent, and his wife Lillias May (née Nahrung). She said that she wrote in her spare time whilst living on the family farm at Nambour near Brisbane.[2]
Three of Thompson's novels where nominated for the
Thompson's sixth novel, Find a Crooked Sixpence, was serialised in The Australian Women's Weekly.[6]
Thompson's death on 28 May 2003 was reported in the Brisbane Courier Mail as "late of Dulong".[7]
Publications
- A Twig is Bent, Abelard-Schuman, 1961
- The Lawyer and the Carpenter, Hodder & Stoughton, 1963
- The Edge of Nowhere, Hodder & Stoughton, 1965
- The Glass Houses, Hodder & Stoughton, 1967
- The Wrong Saturday, Hodder & Stoughton, 1968, ISBN 0340044233
- Find a Crooked Sixpence, Hodder & Stoughton, 1970; Walker, 1977, ISBN 0802753663
- A Mischief Past, Hale, 1971, ISBN 0709121253
- Three Women in the House, Hale, 1973, ISBN 0709133677
- The Meadows of Tallon, Hale, 1974, ISBN 0709143745
- Hunter in the Dark, Walker, 1978; Walker & Co, ISBN 0802730701
- To Catch a Rainbow, Hale, 1979, ISBN 0709176341
- The Heir to Fairfield, Robert Hale, 1983, ISBN 0709005776
- A Bridge Over Time : Living in Arnhemland with the Aborigines, 1938-1944 from the memories of Harold Thornell, J M Dent, 1986, ISBN 0709026366
- A Toast to Cousin Julian, Hale, 1986, ISBN 0709026064
- The Substitute, Robert Hale, 1991, ISBN 0373280033
- Come Home to Danger, Robert Hale, 1998, ISBN 0709061617
- The Road to Seven-Thirty, Robert Hale, 2000, ISBN 0709066317
Translations
- A Twig is Bent
Was du nicht weisst, macht dich nicht tot, (German edition) Scherz, 1982,
Le verger de la peur : roman, (French edition) Les Editions Mondiales, 1962
- The Wrong Saturday
De fatale zaterdag, translated into Dutch by J. C. Torringa-Timmer, Davidsfond, 1974,
Lourd de menaces, translated into French by C. Wourgaft, Gallimard, 1970
- Three Women in the House
Tödlicher Hass : Roman, (German edition) Wilhelm Heyne, 1975,
- The Meadows of Tallon
Eine feine Familie, translated into German by Ingrid Herrmann, Scherz, 1982,
- Hunter in the Dark
Der blinde Jager, (German edition) Scherz, 1982,
References
- ^ "Thompson, Estelle". Trove People, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Hale books (1991). "Blurb on "The Substitute"". Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "[Miles Franklin Literary Award 1963 : entries submitted]". Trove, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "[Miles Franklin Literary Award 1965 : entries submitted]". Trove, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "[Miles Franklin Literary Award 1968 : entries submitted]". Trove, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Find a Crooked Sixpence". Trove Newspapers, National Library of Australia. The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "THOMPSON, Estelle May". The Ryerson Index. Retrieved 17 January 2018.