Miss Peabody's Inheritance

Elizabeth Jolley was born in the industrial Midlands of England in 1923, and moved to Western Australia in 1959 with her husband and three children. Acclaimed as one of Australia’s leading writers, she received an AO, honorary doctorates and the ASAL Gold Medal for her contribution to Australian literature before her death in 2007. Elizabeth Jolley is the author of 15 novels and four short-story collections. Her numerous awards include the Age Book of the Year Award, the Age Fiction Prize, the Miles Franklin Award, the National Book Council (Banjo) Award, the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award, WA Critical and Historical Prize and WA Premier’s Fiction Award. Some of her best-known works include Palomino, My Father’s Moon, The Georges’ Wife, Cabin Fever and The Well.