Jane R. Goodall (born in 1951) is a researcher at the Writing and Society Research Centre of Western Sydney University, Australia. Born in Yorkshire, England, Goodall studied at London and Oxford Universities. She is currently Emeritus Professor in the Writing and Society Research Group at University of Western Sydney. Her research deals with the dynamics of cultural crisis. She is the author of a wide range of books and essays on literary and cultural history. She contributes regularly to the ''Inside Story'' newsletter. Each of Goodall's novels feature the character Detective Briony Williams.

Awards

Ned Kelly Award The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to rewa ...

for Crime Writing, Best First Novel,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

: joint winner for ''The Walker''

Bibliography

Novels

*''The Walker'' (2004) *''The Visitor'' (2005) *''The Calling'' (2007)

Non-fiction

* ''Artaud and the Gnostic Drama'' (1994), * ''Performance and Evolution in the Age of Darwin: Out of the Natural Order'' (Routledge, 2002) * edited with Christa Knellwolf, the collection
''Frankenstein's science: experimentation and discovery in romantic culture, 1780–1830''
(Ashgate, 2008), * ''Stage Presence: The Actor as Mesmerist'' (Routledge, 2008) * ''The Politics of Common Good: Dispossession in Australia'' (NewSouth, 2019)

References

1951 births Living people 21st-century Australian novelists Australian crime writers Australian women novelists Ned Kelly Award winners Academic staff of Western Sydney University 21st-century Australian women writers Women crime writers {{Australia-writer-stub