Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Helen Hodgman

Born: April 27, 1945
Died: June 6, 2022 (aged 77)
Bio: Helen Hodgman was an Australian novelist. She won the 1978 Somerset Maugham Award for her novel Jack and Jill. She also won the 1989 Christina Stead Fiction Prize for the novel Broken Words.
Known for:
- Passing remarks (1996)
- Waiting for Matindi (1998)
- Blue Skies (1976)
- Jack and Jill (1978)
- Broken Words (1988)