Glenda Adams
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 also a teacher of creative writing, and helped develop writing programs.
Adams' work is found in her own books and short story collections, in numerous short story anthologies, and in journals and magazines. Essays, stories and articles by her have been published in: Meanjin, The New York Times Book Review, Island, Panorama, Quadrant, Southerly, Westerly, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Good Weekend, Vogue Australia, The (London) Observer and The Village Voice.
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“Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)