Marilyn Quirk
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Retired teacher TAFE |
| Location | Heybridge, Tasmania, Australia |
| Introduction | I was born on the hot and dusty Western Australian goldfields and after the war my family came to a cold and wild village in the highlands. My book 'Echoes on the Mountain' published in 2006, has just had a second print run. It is a good read about ten migrant stories - people who came to the rugged Central Highlands in Tasmanian post-war. They had a two year contract with the HEC. They came from Lithuania, Italy, England, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic. I am researching and writing more migrant stories which includes many different indiviudals and groups, eg. Chinese, German, Dutch, Italian POWs, Greek, Polish. I now live on the lovely north west coast on land overlooking Bass Strait. I like to meet family and friends regularly and really enjoy meeting new subjects for my stories. I like regular contact with other writers. |
| Interests | Writing, reading, family get-togethers, most sports, food and wine appreciation, travel, gardening, history. |
| Favorite movies | Wuthering Heights, From Here to Eternity, Pirates of the Carribean series, James Bond movies, |
| Favorite music | Andre Rieu, Jazz, Phantom of the Opera, the Three Tenors, most of the 60s and 70s stuff, Satchmo, Neil Diamond, Roy Orbison. |
| Favorite books | To Kill a Mockingbird, A Short History of the World, Sarum, Kings and Queens of history, |
If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?
Not necessarily - it might be the alcohol that did it!