Linda Jaivin

Linda Jaivin is a novelist, journalist, translator and author of non-fiction who has recently begun writing for the theatre. 'Seeking Djira', her first full-length play, was read at Playbox's Theatre in the Raw in 2002 and produced in Melbourne by Essential Theatre at Forty-Five Downstairs in 2003. 'Halal el Mashakel', her first short play, was produced by Pesto Manifesto and performed in 2003-4 in Sydney, Canberra, Wollongong, Newcastle and the Adelaide Fringe. Her short story 'Lucky to Have Them' was performed as a monologue at the Short and Sweet Festival in Sydney in 2005. Her most recent publication is the novel 'The Infernal Optimist' (2006). Her previous four novels - the international bestseller 'Eat Me', 'Rock 'n Roll Babes from Outer Space', 'Miles Walker You're Dead' and 'Dead Sexy' - have all been published overseas as well as in Australia. Her non-fiction titles include 'Confessions of an S & M Virgin' and 'The Monkey and the Dragon'. She has completed an unproduced libretto about the journey of an asylum seeker to Australia - 'A Better Life', for which she won a Varuna/Playworks fellowship.