About the Author

Anne Pender is Associate Professor of English and Theatre Studies and ARC Future Fellow at the University of New England. A Menzies scholar to Harvard University and graduate of the ANU and UNSW, Anne taught Australian literature at King's College London in 200203 and was Visiting Distinguished Professor of Australian Studies at the University of Copenhagen in 2011. Anne's books include Christina Stead: Satirist (2002), Nick Enright: An Actor's Playwright (2008) and One Man Show: The Stages of Barry Humphries (2010).