Jessica Anderson Death
Jessica passed away on July 9, 2010 at the age of 93.
When did Jessica Anderson die?
July 9, 2010How old was Jessica Anderson when died?
93
Jessica Anderson Birthday and Date of Death
Jessica Anderson was born on September 25, 1916 and died on July 9, 2010. Jessica was 93 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: September 25, 1916
Date of Death: July 9, 2010
Age at Death: 93
Jessica Anderson - Biography
Jessica Margaret Anderson (25 September 1916 – 9 July 2010) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. Born in Brisbane, Anderson lived the bulk of her life in Sydney apart from a few years in London. She began her career writing short stories for newspapers and drama scripts for radio, especially adaptations of well-known novels. Embarking on her career as a novelist relatively late in life - her first novel was published when she was 47 - her early novels attracted little attention. She rose to prominence upon the publication of her fourth novel, Tirra Lirra by the River, published in 1978. Although she remains best known for this work, several of her novels have garnered high acclaim, most notably The Impersonators (1980) and Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories (1987), both of which have won awards. She won the Miles Franklin Literary Award twice, and has been published in Britain and the United States. Jessica Anderson died at Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales in 2010, following a stroke. She was the mother of Australian screenwriter Laura Jones, her only child.
