Scarfe, Wendy (Elizabeth)

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SCARFE, Wendy (Elizabeth)

SCARFE, Wendy (Elizabeth). Australian, b. 1933. Genres: Novels, Poetry, Race relations, Third World, Biography. Career: Retired Secondary sch. teacher. Publications: Shadow and Flowers (poetry), 1964, 1984. NOVELS: The Lotus Throne, 1976; Neither Here nor There, 1984; Laura My Alter Ego, 1988; The Day They Shot Edward, 1992; Miranda, 1998; Fishing for Strawberries, 2001. WITH ALLAN JOHN SCARFE: A Mouthful of Petals, 1967, 1972; Tiger on a Rein, 1969; People of India, 1972; The Black Australians, 1974; Victims or Bludgers? Case Studies in Poverty in Australia, 1974; J.P., His Biography, 1975, 1997; Victims or Bludgers? A Poverty Inquiry for Schools, 1981; Labor's Titan: The Story of Percy Brookfield 1878-1921, 1983; All That Grief: Migrant Recollections of Greek Resistance to Facism 1941-1949, 1994; Remembering Jayaprakash, 1997; No Taste for Carnage: Alex Sheppard: A Portrait, 1913-1997, 1998. Address: 8 Bostock St, Warrnambool, VIC 3280, Australia.