Heather Rose | |
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Born | Heather Rose 1964 (age 59–60) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Pen name | Angelica Banks (with Danielle Wood), (for children's novels) |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Education | Hobart College |
Notable awards | Stella Prize 2017 The Museum of Modern Love |
Heather Rose (born 1964) is an Australian author born in Hobart, Tasmania. She is the author of the acclaimed memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here. She is best known for her novels The Museum of Modern Love, which won the 2017 Stella Prize and the Christina Stead Prize, and Bruny (2019), which won Best General Fiction in the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards. She has also worked in advertising, business, and the arts.