Elizabeth O'Conner (1913 – 6 May 2000), born under the name Barbara Willard Lowe, was an Australian novelist. Elizabeth O'Conner was born in

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. After a childhood spent in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, she studied art in

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and Sydney, before teaching at a

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girls' boarding school.Austlit - Elizabeth O'Conner
/ref> She married Philip Birmingham McNamara, manager of a cattle station in March 1942 and moved to

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's Gulf Country, where she had four children.Australian Women's Weekly 03.12.1958
/ref> She died in

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in 2000.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''

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'' (1960) * ''Find a Woman'' (1963) * ''The Chinee Bird'' (1966) * ''The Winds of Fate'' (1977) - published under the pseudonym Anne Willard * ''Spirit Man'' (1980) * ''Darling Caroline'' (1980) - published under the pseudonym Anne Willard

Autobiography

* ''Steak for Breakfast'' (1958) * ''A Second Helping'' (1969)

Awards

* 1960 — winner Miles Franklin Award for ''The Irishman''

References

1913 births 2000 deaths Miles Franklin Award winners People from New South Wales 20th-century Australian novelists 20th-century Australian women writers Australian women novelists {{Australia-writer-stub