Joanna Murray-Smith

Joanna
Murray-Smith

Joanna Murray-Smith is a Melbourne based playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her plays, which include Honour, Rapture, Bombshells, Nightfall, Redemption, Love Child and Flame, have been produced around the world. Honour has been produced in over two dozen countries, including productions on Broadway and at the National Theatre in London. Both Honour and Rapture won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Best Play. Joanna is the author of two previous novels, Truce and Judgement Rock, both published by Penguin.

Joanna Murray-Smith is a Melbourne based playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her plays, which include Honour, Rapture, Bombshells, Nightfall, Redemption, Love Child and Flame, have been produced around the world. Honour has been produced in over two dozen countries, including productions on Broadway and at the National Theatre in London. Both Honour and Rapture won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Best Play. Joanna is the author of two previous novels, Truce and Judgement Rock, both published by Penguin.

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