Toni Jordan
Toni Lee Jordan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Known for | Addition, Tenderfoot |
Toni Jordan (born 1966 in Sydney, Australia)[1] is a Melbourne-based novelist best known for her debut novel Addition, an international bestseller long listed for the Miles Franklin Award.[2][3][4] Addition was made into a feature film in 2024 starring Teressa Palmer and Joe Dempsie.[5]
In 2022 and 2023, she released two novels about the Schnable family, Dinner with Schnables (2022),[6] and Prettier if she Smiled More (2023),[7] which was described as 'sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny'.[8]
She currently teaches at the Faber Academy.[9]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 2009: Addition, Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award
- 2013: Nine Days, Winner, Indie Book Awards[10]
- 2017: Our Tiny Useless Hearts, Shortlisted for the Voss Literary Prize[11]
- 2026: Tenderfoot, Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award[12]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Here Lives a Kind Woman (1999)[13]
- Addition (2008) ISBN 9781922079565
- Fall Girl (2011) ISBN 9781921758836
- Nine Days (2013) ISBN 9781922147691
- Our Tiny Useless Hearts (2016) ISBN 9781925498097
- The Fragments (2018) ISBN 9781925773132
- Alles Telt (2021) ISBN 9788726825442[14]
- Dinner with the Schnabels (2022) ISBN 9780733645129
- Prettier if she Smiled More (2023) ISBN 9780733645143
- Tenderfoot (2025)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Toni Jordan". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ↑ "Toni Jordan". Text Publishing. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ↑ "Toni Jordan: How a novelist glams up for the publicity machine". Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ McWriteface, Writing (7 March 2019). "Writers on Writing / Plotting for success with Toni Jordan". Writing NSW. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "Addition (2024)". IMDB. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
- ↑ Sullivan, Jane (1 April 2022). "Keep it quick and take a risk: Toni Jordan's recipe for her new novel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ↑ "Toni Jordan Q&A | Prettier If She Smiled More". dymocks.com.au. 29 March 2023.
- ↑ "Toni Jordan's tale is sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin – The Unpredictable Plotter – a masterclass on plot". faberwritingacademy.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ↑ "Indie Book Awards". Indie Book Awards. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ↑ "Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced | Books+Publishing".
- ↑ "Miles Franklin 2026 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ Jordan, Toni (1999). Here Lives a Kind Woman: A Book. Printed at Nexus Press.
- ↑ Jordan, Toni (30 August 2021). Alles telt (in Dutch). Lindhardt og Ringhof. ISBN 978-87-26-82544-2.
