Janette Turner Hospital
Author of 'Oyster,' 'Due Preparations for the Plague' 'Orpheus Lost,' and 'The Claimant'


American edition of The Claimant published in Summer 2016 and will be available as book on Amazon and as ebook on Kindle.




Published in Australia by HarperCollins in 2014



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Short story “Afterlife of a Stolen Child” selected for BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2015
Winner of Steele Rudd Award for Best Collection of Short Stories (Australia), 2012
Finalist for Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, 2012
Winner of Queensland Premier’s Literary Award, 2003
Winner of Patrick White Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Australia, 2003


Novels, short stories etc Biography News, dates & appearances Reviews & articles web links

The official Janette Turner Hospital web site.