Julia Leigh

Emerging from a legal background in Sydney, Leigh combined philosophy and law studies at the University of Sydney with admission to the NSW Supreme Court and a stint as a legal advisor for the Australian Society of Authors, before pursuing a PhD in English at the University of Adelaide. Mentored by Frank Moorhouse and Toni Morrison, she launched a literary career with the novels The Hunter (1999)… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources