Quote of the day
I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!"
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)