Joanne fedler biography
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I have a master's degree in law from Yale and ran a legal advocacy centre to end violence against women in South Africa.
Joanne Fedler
Australian author
Joanne Fedler (born 1967) is an Australian author. She is the author of 10 books including Secret Mothers' Business; When Hungry, Eat; and Your Story: How to Write It so Others Will Want to Read It.
Biography
Fedler was born in South Africa and has studied law in both South Africa and the US. She has law degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand[1] and from Yale[2] which she attended on a Fulbright scholarship in 1993.
She was a lecturer in law at the University of the Witwatersrand[1] from 1994–1995. She lives in Sydney with her husband and two children.[citation needed]
Books
Her first novel, The Dreamcloth, was published by Jacana Media[3] in 2005.
The Dreamcloth was nominated for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2006.[4][5] Jennifer Crocker wrote that "The Dreamcloth marks a watershed moment in South African fiction."[6][7