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=Finola Moorhead=

Finola Moorhead (born in Mornington, Victoria in 1947) is a playwright, poet, and author of several books, short stories and articles. Moorhead has participated in the Woman's Libertarian Movement from 1970s onward and in the 1980s was a radical feminist. Throughout her time as an author, Finola Moorhead has received grants from the Literature Board of the Australia Council.

Biography
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As a child, Moorhead attended boarding school and then went to the University of Melbourne to pursue a Law degree. During the Vietnam War protests, Moorhead decided to transfer to the University of Tasmania and completed an Arts degree.

Until 1973, Moorhead was not a full-time writer. While still a teacher, Moorhead attended the Adelaide Writer’s Festival in 1972 and was inspired to start writing. After completing her first pieces of work, Moorhead won both The Herald Short Story Competition and The Australian National Playwright’s Conference Competition. Winning these competitions helped Moorhead realize writing is what she really wanted to pursue and began traveling around Australia. After her travels, Moorhead accepted a job at Meanjin magazine.

Pieces of Work
most referenced works
 * Still Murder (1990)
 * ''Remember the Tarantella" (1987)
 * Darkness More Visible (2000)
 * Quilt: A Collection of Prose (1985)
 * A Modern Classic (1986)

Awards
Finola won the 1991 Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction for her writing of Still Murder.

Remember the Tarantella
One of Moorhead's most popular pieces of work is the book Remember the Tarantella. Moorhead wrote about 26 rebellious female characters who travel the world and create allegiances and relationships with one another.