Annah Faulkner

Australian novelist (1949/1950 – 2022)

Annah Faulkner
Born	1949 or 1950 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	8 March 2022 (aged 72)
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Nationality	Australian
Years active	2011–2022
Notable works	The Beloved
Notable awards	Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2013

Annah Faulkner (1949/1950 – 8 March 2022) was an Australian novelist.

At the age of five, Faulkner moved with her parents to Papua New Guinea and later lived on Queensland's Sunshine Coast with her husband.^[1] She died in March 2022, after leaving a note arguing for more humane death laws permitting access to suicide for older Australians.^[2]^[3]

Bibliography

Novels

The Beloved (2011)
Last Day in the Dynamite Factory (2015)

Awards

2011 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for Best Manuscript of an Emerging Queensland Author
2013 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award for The Beloved
2013 winner Nita Kibble Literary Award for The Beloved

Interviews

Karen Hardy in The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2015, on the publication of the author's second novel^[4]
John Purcell on Booktopia, "Annah Faulkner, author of The Beloved, answers Ten Terrifying Questions"^[5]

References

^ "Annah Faulkner - Author Information", Pan Macmillan Australia
^ "Acclaimed Writer Annah Faulkner Leaves Literary Suicide Note". Exit International. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ "Annah Faulkner's Final Days". Exit International. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ Hardy, Karen (27 June 2015). "Annah Faulkner: Last Day in the Dynamite Factory author shares insights". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ Purcell, John (2 July 2012). "Annah Faulkner, author of The Beloved, answers Ten Terrifying Questions". Booktopia. Retrieved 28 March 2022.