Doctor Mette Jakobsen
Lecturer in Creative Writing,
Humanities (Arts)
Biography
Mette Jakobsen is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at The Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University.
She has a PhD in Creative Writing and a Master’s in Creative Arts. She is also a graduate of NIDA’s Playwright Studio, with a background in acting.
Mette has enjoyed international success with her fiction writing. Her first novel, The Vanishing Act (Text Publishing), have been translated in the several languages with the rights sold to US, UK, Canada, Germany, Holland, Taiwan, Turkey and Hungary. The novel made it onto Oprah’s book list, became number one on the US Indie book list and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize.
She subsequently published two more novels with Text Publishing. Her publishers overseas include Bloomsbury, Vintage, Norton and HarperCollins.
Four of Mette’s plays have been produced and broadcast on ABC Radio National in Australia, with two shortlisted for Prix Marulic and Prix Italia.
In 2021 Mette started writing for young adults and her dystopian duology, The Tower Series, was published by HarperCollins, Australia.
Mette regularly attends speaking engagements and have been a judge for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Jakobsen.
Qualifications
- PhD University of New South Wales
- MCA University of Technology, Sydney
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Humanities (Arts)
Contact
| Email: | M.Jakobsen@westernsydney.edu.au |
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Publications
Other Publications
- 2022, 'The Snow Laundry', Published Work
- 2021, 'Among Finland's Cold Lakes and Majestic Pines, I Learned to be Present to Beauty', Published Work
- 2021, 'The Wingmaker', Published Work
- 2018, 'Words in Flight: Meditations on Writing and Otherness', Published Work
- 2016, 'What the Light Hides', Published Work
- 2012, 'An Ancient Crime', Recorded Work
- 2011, 'The Vanishing Act', Published Work
- 2011, 'The Island', Published Work
- 2011, 'Dance of the Hungry Ghost', Recorded Work
- 2007, 'Darwin's Wings', Recorded Work
- 2007, 'The Anatomy of Horses', Recorded Work