Jane Harrison (playwright)
Jane Harrison (born 1960) is an indigenous Australian writer and playwright.
A descendant of the Muruwari people of New South Wales, from the area around Bourke and Brewarrina, Harrison grew up in the Victorian Dandenongs with her mother and sister. She began her career as an advertising copywriter, before beginning work as a writer with Ilbijerri Theatre Company. Her best-known work is Stolen, which received critical claim and has toured nationally and internationally.
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