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Born: Established: 1946 New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas, ; Died: Ceased: 1952 New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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2 2 y separately published work icon The Wild Grapes Barbara Jefferis , London : Michael Joseph , 1963 Z80850 1963 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon Dadda Jumped Over Two Elephants D'Arcy Niland , London : Panther Books , 1961 Z247817 1961 selected work short story 'This collection of stories by the author of The Shiralee presents a raw and authentic picture of life in the Australian outback - vigorous and harsh, lonely, sometimes heartbreaking. The people and the land itself come compellingly alive to the reader under the spell of D'Arcy Niland's writing.' (Source: 1963 Michael Joseph edition)
2 5 y separately published work icon Solo for Several Players Barbara Jefferis , 1961 single work novel

'A variation on a theme – a plane aloft and a lone occupant who does not know how to fly – has an Australian setting, a four way communication set-up, and constant climax build-up. An accident causes Dick Garnett to kick the throttle of his Piper Tri-pacer and his fiancee, Janet, who hates flying, finds herself airborne, alone. Dick organizes the flying doctor base and Dave Jordan, who finally gets into touch by radio with Janet, calms her into learning the instrument panel, and makes arrangements for the flying field to stand by (she cannot land on the sheep station strip because floods will not permit an ambulance to get through). Janet, ready to break her engagement to Dick, will only listen to his brother but her fumblings bring Dick back to drive her into cooperation so that he can "talk her down". How he gets her to repeat flying manoeuvers until she is ready to head for the distant field, keeps her on course while maintaining the all-out radio contact, and waits for word of her landing...adds up to an aerial melodrama that does not let go.'

Source: Kirkus Reviews (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/barbara-jefferis-4/solo-for-several-players/).
2 5 y separately published work icon The Big Smoke D'Arcy Niland , London Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1959 Z247914 1959 single work novel 'Priests and prostitutes, newspaper men and prize fighters are some of the people brilliantly framed in this novel about the tough, lusty city which is Sydney, and about some extraordinary and vital characters who touch, influence and transform one another's destinies for better or worse.' (Source: 1959 edition)
4 2 y separately published work icon Half-Angel Barbara Jefferis , New York (City) : W. Sloane Associates , 1959 Z898139 1959 single work novel

'A by-passed boy and a lost Siamese cat are at the center of this story about subsistence farm living and a rigid rule against pets – not only for Tim, 7, but for his older and younger brothers. When Chichiboo Lady Precious Gem escapes from her picnicking owners, she is found by Tim, is threatened with death by his father, and rescued by Tim, is hidden away to become an adored secret always in danger with his daring thefts to feed her and his fear-ridden nights of exercising her. He has to share her with his older brother after he has watched her kittens born; he has to be more careful when his mother has her fourth child; and he has to face his father's wrath when the hide-out and his beloved cat are found. But, getting in touch with the owners, there is some reward for all his care even if Tim is ungracious to their offer of money or one of the litter and, in hiding the kitten with the crooked tail, he has a new dependent to care for. A boy, numb with love for this elegant visitor to a harsh, rough and tumble farm life, who is quiet, groping, is a persuasive small fry, matching an instinctive wisdom against elder rulings, and the cat will call out that Siamese fancier audience.'

Source: Kirkus Review (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/barbara-jefferis-3/half-angel/). (Sighted: 18/11/2013)
3 4 y separately published work icon Call Me When the Cross Turns Over D'Arcy Niland , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z92489 1957 single work novel 'The Cross that turns over is the Southern Cross, telling wanderers under the vast skies of Australia of the passing of night and the coming of dawn. This is the story of one of these wanderers, Barbie Cazabon, who finds herself, in her early twenties, left alone by the death of her father. Knowing no background but the rough, knockabout existence she has shared with him, she has to make her own way and build a life for herself out of loneliness.' (Source: 1957 edition)
1 3 y separately published work icon Beloved Lady Barbara Jefferis , New York (City) : W. Sloane Associates , 1955 Z172546 1955 single work novel historical fiction
15 17 y separately published work icon The Shiralee D'Arcy Niland , London Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1955 Z248011 1955 single work novel
— Appears in: Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1973; 'Probably no swagman, in life or in fiction, ever had such a strange companion on his wanderings as has Macauley, the central character in D'Arcy Niland's first novel, who tramps through the back towns of New South Wales accompanied by his daughter Buster. Buster, four-year-old bundle of loyalty and fortitude, combines these more adult qualities with a natural childishness...Buster is no joy to Macauley, and he treats her with an uncompromising firmness: she must go on walking when she is nearly exhausted, must stop chattering when he wants to be quiet, must not complain. But Macauley has, too, a certain grudging affection for her, and this affection develops until it is so threatened by circumstances that it must at last be openly admitted.' (Source: dustjacket, 1955 Angus and Robertson edition)
1 6 y separately published work icon Undercurrent Return Via Canterbury Barbara Jefferis , New York (City) : W. Sloane Associates , 1953 Z897217 1953 single work novel

Follows the daily life of Miss Doxy, a spinster living in a boarding house, who is gradually revealed as a functional but deeply traumatised schizophrenic.

Source: Neglected Books (https://neglectedbooks.com/?p=6045).
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