death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name partner occupation death_cause
11 july 2007 east redfern , sydney ryde , new south wales glenda adams 30 december 1939 gordon adams -lrb- divorced -rrb- glenda adams.jpg glenda adams
 glenda emilie felton chris clarke novelist writing and short story writer ; teacher of creative ovarian cancer
glenda adams

glenda emilie adams -lrb- née felton ; 30 december 1939 -- 11 july 2007 -rrb- was an australian novelist and short story writer , probably best known as the winner of the 1987 miles franklin award for `` dancing on coral '' .
she was a teacher of creative writing , and helped develop writing programs .
adams ' work is found in her own books and short story collections , in numerous short story anthologies , and in journals and magazines .
her essays , stories and articles have been published in , among other magazines , `` meanjin '' , `` the new york times book review '' , `` panorama '' , `` quadrant '' , `` southerly '' , `` westerly '' , `` the sydney morning herald '' , `` the -lrb- london -rrb- observer '' and `` the village voice '' .
