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Glenda Adams is an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was born on 30 December, 1939 in Ryde, Australia. She is best known for her novel, The Tempest of Clemenza, which won the Miles Franklin Award in 1988. Adams attended the University of Sydney, where she studied English and French. She then went on to teach English at the University of New South Wales. Adams has written several novels, including The Tempest of Clemenza, The Last Magician, and The Year of Living Dangerously. She has also written several short stories, which have been published in various anthologies. Adams has won several awards for her writing, including the Miles Franklin Award in 1988 for The Tempest of Clemenza, the Age Book of the Year Award in 1989 for The Last Magician, and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award in 1992 for The Year of Living Dangerously. Adams is currently living in Sydney, Australia. Her net worth is not publicly known.

Popular As Glenda Emilie Felton
Occupation writer
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 30 December 1939
Birthday 30 December
Birthplace Ryde, New South Wales
Date of death July 11, 2007
Died Place East Redfern, Sydney
Nationality Australia

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2007

She worked as a lecturer at a number of tertiary institutions, including Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College, before returning to Australia and the University of Technology, Sydney. Her subject was writing skills and creative writing. She helped design the master of arts writing program at the university, a program which became a model for postgraduate writing programs throughout Australia. For the rest of her life, she traveled regularly between New York to see her daughter and teach at Columbia, and Sydney. Glenda Adams died on 11 July 2007 in Sydney, following a battle with ovarian cancer and secondary brain tumours. Her funeral was held on 18 July. She was posthumously awarded the biennial ASA Medal of the Australian Society of Authors.

1987

In 1987, her second novel, Dancing on Coral won the Miles Franklin Award and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award but a residential rule for the latter resulted in her being denied it. Instead, the prize money was used for a fellowship for a young writer and she was compensated with a special award (with no money attached). Her third novel, Longleg, published in 1990, was also an award-winner. Her fourth novel, The Tempest of Clemenza was published in both Australia and the United States in 1996, and in 1998, her play, The Monkey Trap, was performed at the Griffin Theatre, in Sydney.

1965

She was a cousin of Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, but held opposing political views and wanted to become a political journalist. She moved to New York City when she won a scholarship to study at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and graduated in 1965. During this time, she met Gordon Adams, a political scientist at Columbia. They married in 1967 and had a daughter, Caitlin, before divorcing.

1939

Glenda Emilie Adams (née Felton; 30 December 1939 – 11 July 2007) was an Australian novelist and short story writer, probably best known as the winner of the 1987 Miles Franklin Award for Dancing on Coral. She was a teacher of creative writing, and helped develop writing programs.