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Sue Woolfe


Born
in Australia
November 15, 1950

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Sue Woolfe has worked as a teacher, scriptwriter, TV subtitle editor, documentary maker and cook. She is the author of the bestselling novel about mathematics and motherhood, Leaning Towards Infinity, published in five countries and won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in 1996 and was shortlisted for many other prizes, including the Commonwealth Prize and the prestigious US TipTree Prize. She re-wrote it for the stage, and it’s been workshopped in New York and produced at the Ensemble, Sydney. It’s currently optioned to an American film producer.

Sue Woolfe’s other works include the novel Painted Woman, published in Australia in 1989 and in translation in France in 2008 (also produced twice as a stage play) and co-authored with Kate Gr ...more

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Average rating: 3.57 · 469 ratings · 77 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors
Leaning Towards Infinity
3.76 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions
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The Oldest Song in the World
3.11 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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The Secret Cure
3.73 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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Do You Love Me or What?
3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions
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Painted woman
3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions
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The Mystery of the Cleaning...
3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Wild Minds: Stories of Outs...
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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About Literature
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Language in Literature: Sup...
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Briga (Orbit series)
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“I wrenched open the windows. I stood while the cold air poured around my face like dark water, as if I was a rock and it was chiselling me into a new shape.”
― Sue Woolfe, The Secret Cure
tags: beautiful
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“His head was on one side, listening to me, and that was such sweeness to me, that he listened intently. No one, it seemed, has ever listened like he does.”
― Sue Woolfe, The Secret Cure
tags: listening
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“It seemed like an original act, the very kindest act of being human, that he listened.”
― Sue Woolfe, The Secret Cure
tags: kindness
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