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Author biography printed in the first edition of The Murders At Hanging Rock in 1980:
`Yvonne Rousseau was born at Benalla on 1 August 1945, but was moved six weeks later to a dairy-farm in South Gippsland. She attended Hallston State and Leongatha High schools, and graduated from Melbourne University in 1967, as a B.A. (Hons.) in English and Philosophy. She has since worked in a miscellany of jobs, ranging from pineapple-trimmer to book-editor. The lovers of tradition, for whose pleasure these facts are recorded, will also be relieved to learn that this, Ms Rousseau's first book, was written amid increasingly abject poverty (although not in a garret, and not with the assistance of absinthe). The author's next work is expected to be satirical= ...'
SF-RELATED ACTIVITIES BETWEEN 1980 AND 1996: Yvonne Rousseau was joint editor of _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 1-27, March 1986-Autumn 1991, and was convenor of this magazine for issues 12-27, January 1988-Autumn 1991. She was Fan Guest of Honour at Confictionary, an Adelaide SF convention, 7-8 September 1991. She belonged to the Acnestis amateur press assocation throughout 1995, and produced 12 issues of her apazine, _Pursued by Oysters, armed with oyster knives', January-December 1995. (She produced an additional rogue issue, 12a, in July 1996.) See also the bibliography which follows. WORKS BY YVONNE ROUSSEAU CONCERNING _PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK_: _The Murders at Hanging Rock-, Scribe Publications, Fitzroy, Victoria, 1980; reprinted, with foreword by John Taylor, MacMillan, South Melbourne, 1988: both editions out of print. Commentary, in _The Secret of Hanging Rock-, containing `Chapter Eighteen' by Joan Lindsay, introd. John Taylor, Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, NSW,= 1987. SF SHORT STORIES BY YVONNE ROUSSEAU PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA: `Eurydice in the Underworld', _Meanjin_ 41 (2), June 1982, pp. 256-63 (illustrated by Nikos Kypraios) `The Listener', in Peter McNamara and Margaret Winch (eds), _Alien Shores: An Anthology of Australian Science Fiction_, Aphelion Publications, North Adelaide, 1994, pp. 215-32 `Mr Lockwood's Narrative', in Damien Broderick (ed.), _Strange Attractors_, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1985, pp. 62-74 `Possum Lover', in Lucy Sussex and Judith Raphael Buckrich (eds), _She's Fantastical_, Sybylla, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 138-66 `The Truth about Oscar', _Bulletin_, 22/29 December 1981, pp. 181-3; reprinted in Damien Broderick (ed.), _Matilda at the Speed of Light_, Angus & Robertson, North Ryde, NSW, 1988, pp. 77-84 YVONNE ROUSSEAU'S ARTICLES (ABOUT SF) PUBLISHED OVERSEAS `Fucking the Frightened' (editor Steve Brown's title), _Science Fiction Eye_ 7, August 1990, pp. 66-7 `Wilder Alien Shores, The: Or, The Colonials Are Revolting', _Foundation_ 54, Spring 1992, pp. 15-36 YVONNE ROUSSEAU'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA ENTRIES (ABOUT AN SF WRITER) PUBLISHED= OVERSEAS: `WILDER, Cherry' in Noelle Watson and Paul E. Schellinger (eds), _Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers_, 3rd edn, St James Press, Chicago and London, 1991, pp. 862-3 `WILDER, Cherry' in Jay P. Pederson (ed.), _St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers_, 4th edn, St James Press, Detroit, 1995, [page numbers not known] YVONNE ROUSSEAU'S ARTICLES (ABOUT SF) PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA: `Ante-Atomsk', article, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 24, Winter 1990, p. 3 `Conventional Mayhem: Do Metropole Managers Read Marshall?', article, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 17/18, November 1988/January 1989, pp. 24-6 `Critical Mass: Live!' (report of discussion of George Turner's _The Sea and Summer)_, _Notional_ 35, 15 July 1988, pp. 2-3 `Dreadful Suspicions on the "Ethical Culture" Trilogy of George Turner', _Notional_, August 1985, pp. 6-11: reply to George Turner's comments, _Notional_, November 1985, pp. 6-11: reprinted, with George Turner's comments plus an additional reply, as Rousseau, Yvonne and Turner, George, `Ethical Culture GT', article, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 2, May 1986, pp. 10-31 `Guilt and the Unimaginative UnAmerican Feminist', article, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 16, September 1988, pp. 7-10, 19 `Lemon Pancake Theory, The' (report of Conspiracy '87)_, _Larrikin_ 15, August 1987, pp. 3-4 `Nova Mob - The First Time', _Thyme_ 59, December 1986, pp. 10-11 `Professor Peaslee's Handwriting', article, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 22, Summer 1989, pp. 19-20 `Right Hand of Light, The: or Mr Rottensteiner amd Mrs Le Guin', _Metaphysical Review_ 5/6, October 1985, pp. 11-47 `Science Fiction Invasion, The' (report of Aussiecon Two), _Australian Book Review_, October 1985, pp. 19-20; `Report on Aussiecon Two', Victorian _Society of Editors Newsletter_, October 1985, pp. 35-7: amalgamated and reprinted as `Eavesdropping on Aussiecon II', _Metaphysical Review_ 7/8, May 1986, pp. 15-21 `SF and the Dirty Little Virgin', article, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 3, July 1986, pp. 16-21 `Short View, The', article, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 8, May 1987, pp. 28-9 `Top Writers Gather for Aussiecon Two, The' (preview of Aussiecon Two), Melbourne _Age_, `Saturday Extra', 17 August 1985, p. 13 `Winds of Change in Adelaide' (preview of Advention '85), Melbourne _Age_, `Saturday Extra', 30 March 1985, p. 15 EDITORIALS AND PREFACE BY YVONNE ROUSSEAU, PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA=20 `Our Collective Ways', editorial, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 4, September 1986, pp. 3-4 `Our Collective Ways', editorial, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 9, July 1987, pp. 2-3 `Our Collective Ways', editorial, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 14, May 1988, pp. 2-3 `Our Collective Ways', editorial, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 20, June 1989, pp. 3-5 `Our Collective Ways', editorial, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 25, Spring 1990, p. 2 `Preliminary Explanation', preface, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 27, Autumn 1991, p. 2 YVONNE ROUSSEAU'S REVIEWS (PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA) OF A SINGLE WORK: review of Anthony, Piers, _But What of Earth?_, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 22, Summer 1989, pp. 23-4 review of Barnes, Rory and Broderick, Damien, _Valencies_, _Australian Book Review_, Dec-Jan 1983, p. 24 review of Bland, J., _Lavington Pugh_, _Science Fiction_ 13, March 1983, pp. 21-2 review of Broderick, Damien, _Black Grail, The_, _Mattoid_ 28, 1987, pp.= 107-10 review of Broderick, Damien, _Dreaming Dragons, The_, _Australian Book Review_ 30, May 1981, p. 27 review of Broderick, Damien, _Judas Mandala, The_, _Australian Book Review_ 45, October 1982, p. 35 review of Dodderidge, Esm=82, _New Gulliver, The_, _Australian Science= Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 19, March 1989, pp. 23-5 review of Eldershaw, M. Barnard, _Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow_, Melbourne _Age_, `Saturday Extra', 27 August 1983, p. 10 review of Elkin, Stanley, _George Mills_, _Metaphysical Review_ 1, July 1984, pp. 7-14 review of Gentle, Mary, _Rats and Gargoyles_, _Science Fiction_ 33, 1992, pp. 22-5 review of Harrison, Harry, _Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, The_, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 19, March 1989, pp. 25-7 review of Heinlein, Robert A., _Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The_, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 2, May 1986, pp. 34-6 review of _Interzone_ 19 (Spring 1987), _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 9, July 1987, pp. 40-1 review of Kelleher, Victor, _Beast of Heaven, The_, _Australian Book Review_, Feb-Mar 1984, p. 20 review of King, David (ed.), _Dreamworks_, _Australian Book Review_, August 1983, p. 22 review of King, David and Blackford, Russell (eds), _Urban Fantasies_, _Science Fiction_ 22, 1986, pp. 15-19 review of Le Guin, Ursula K., _Always Coming Home_, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 6, January 1987, pp. 50-4 (shorter, and further mutilated by editor) review of Le Guin, Ursula K., _Always Coming Home_, Melbourne _Age_, `Saturday Extra', 9 May 1987, p. 11 review of Le Guin, Ursula K., _Compass Rose, The_, _Thyme_ 52, March 1986, pp. 9-10, reprinted (somwhat more accurately) in _Metaphysical Review_ 11/12/13, pp. 24-6 review of Love, Rosaleen, _Total Devotion Machine, The_, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 24, Winter 1990, pp. 23-6 review of Murnane, Gerald, _Plains, The_, _Science Fiction_ 15, September 1983, pp. 103-6 review of _Omega Science Digest_ (January 1987), _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 9, July 1987, pp. 42-5 review of Ptacek, Kathryn (ed.), _Women of Darkness_, _Science Fiction_ 37, (n.d. [1996], pp. 34-7 short review of Reece, Martin, _Science Fiction Trilogy_, _Australian Book Review_ 30, May 1981, p. 40 review of Rice, Anne, _The Mummy: Or, Ramses the Damned_, _Science Fiction_ 36, (n.d. [1996], pp. 31-2 review of Russ, Joanna, _Hidden Side of the Moon, The_, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 24, Winter 1990, pp. 22-3 review of Tolley, Michael J. and Singh, Kirpal (eds),_ Stellar Gauge, The_, _Australian Book Review_ 28, March 1981, pp. 12-13 review of Turner, George, _In the Heart or in the Head_, Melbourne _Age_, `Saturday Extra', 25 August 1984, p. 17, reprinted_ in _Thyme_ 44, pp. 11-12 review of Turner, George, _Sea and Summer, The_, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 14, May 1988, pp. 51-6 review of Turner, George, _Vaneglory_, _Australian Book Review_ 41, June 1982, pp. 21-2 review of Turner, George, _Yesterday's Men_, _Australian Book Review_, June 1983, p. 14 review of Wolfe, Gene, _Peace_, broadcast on ABC radio's `Books and Writing' program, 21 August 1985; printed in _Thyme_ 49, January 1986 (with afterword mentioning that Gene Wolfe confirmed my reading of the book); reprinted in _Metaphysical Review_ 11/12/13, pp. 22-4 YVONNE ROUSSEAU'S REVIEWS (PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA) OF TWO OR MORE WORKS: review of Blackford, Russell, _Tempting of the Witch King, The_, of Chandler, A. Bertram, _Kelly Country_, and of Whiteford, Wynne, _Thor's Hammer_, _Australian Book Review_, May 1984, pp. 16-17 review of Gillespie, Bruce (ed.),_ SF Commentary Reprint Edition: First Year 1969_, of Ikin, Van (ed.), _Australian Science Fiction_, of Lake, David, _Ring of Truth_, of Wodhams, Jack, _Future War_ and of Wodhams, Jack, _Ryn_, _Australian Book Review_, April 1983, pp. 2-3 review of Spence, Catherine Helen, _Handfasted_, of Spence, Catherine Helen, _Week in the Future, A_, and of Wright, Austin Tappan, _Islandia_, _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 26, Summer 1991, pp. 38-44 review of Stableford, Brian, _Empire of Fear, The_, and of Clute, John and Pringle, David and Ounsley, Simon (eds), _Interzone: The Third Anthology_, _Age Monthly Review_ 9 (5), August 1989: Stableford review reprinted in _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 23, Autumn 1990, pp. 18-19 INDEX (PUBLISHED IN AUSTRALIA): `_Australian Science Fiction Review_ (Second Series): 1986-1991: An Index', _Australian Science Fiction Review_ (2nd series) 27, Autumn 1991, pp. 2-32 UNLISTED: There are also a number of non-sf reviews and articles by Yvonne Rousseau in both non-sf and sf publications; and various letters in publications such as _Foundation_, _Science Fiction Eye_, _SF Commentary_, _Science Fiction_, _Larrikin_, _Metaphysical Review_, _Thyme_ and _Tigger_.=20