Jennifer Maiden

Jennifer Maiden (born 7 April 1949) is a contemporary Australian poet. Jennifer Maiden was born in Penrith, New South Wales. She began publishing professionally in the late 1960s and has been active in Sydney's literary scene since then. She took a BA at Macquarie University in the early 1970s. Aside from writing she runs writers workshops with a variety of literary, community and educational organizations and has co-written (with Margaret Cunningham) a manual of questions to facilitate writing by Torture and Trauma Victims. Among Jennifer Maiden's many accolades are three Kenneth Slessor Prizes for Poetry, the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, the Harri Jones Memorial Prize, the H.M. Butterly-F.Earle Hooper Award(University of Sydney),...