Elizabeth O'Conner (1913 – 6 May 2000), born under the name Barbara Willard Lowe, was an Australian novelist. Elizabeth O'Conner was born in Dunedoo in New South Wales. After a childhood spent in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, she studied art in Adelaide and Sydney, before teaching at a Brisbane girls' boarding school.Austlit - Elizabeth O'Conner
She married Philip Birmingham McNamara, manager of a cattle station in March 1942 and moved to Queensland's Gulf Country, where she had four children.Australian Women's Weekly 03.12.1958 She died in Atherton, Queensland in 2000.
Bibliography Novels The Irishman (1960) Find a Woman (1963) The Chinee Bird (1966) The Winds of Fate (1977) - published under the pseudonym Anne Willard Spirit Man (1980) Darling Caroline (1980) - published under the pseudonym Anne Willard
Autobiography Steak for Breakfast (1958) A Second Helping (1969)
Awards 1960 — winner Miles Franklin Award for The Irishman
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