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Penelope Rowe
Australian writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Penelope Rowe (26 April 1946[1] – ) is an Australian journalist.
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Rowe was born in Sydney, a daughter of Mollie Windsor and Dr Harry Matthew John Windsor, who was born in Ireland.
She studied at the University of Sydney and graduated BA in 1967. She became a teacher, working in secondary schools and adult education. In 2004 she completed a Master of Criminology, also at the University of Sydney.[2]
She worked as a journalist with ABC radio and "behind the scenes" with SBS television from around 1984.[3]
As an author she has drawn inspiration from her struggles with bipolar illness, particularly in The Best of Times, the Worst of Times (2005),[4] which she co-wrote with her daughter, television presenter and journalist Jessica Rowe.[5]
Rowe is a sister of Gerard Windsor.[6]
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Bibliography
- Dance for the Ducks 1976 — dedicated "To my husband, John, with love / and thanks"
- Tiger Country 1990
- Unacceptable Behaviour 1992 short stories
- Blood Songs 1997
- The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Our Family's Journey with Bipolar 2005
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