Toni Jordan (born 1966 in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, 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 of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...

. 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 Engli ...

. 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'. She currently teaches at the Faber Academy.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Addition'' (2008) * ''Fall Girl'' (2011) * ''Nine Days'' (2013) * ''Our Tiny Useless Hearts'' (2016) * ''The Fragments'' (2018) * ''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