Jessica Margaret Queale Anderson (Gayndah, Queensland, 25 de setembro de 1916 — 9 de julho de 2010) foi uma romancista e escritora de contos australiana.
Vida Mudou-se para Brisbane na década de 1920 e posteriormente para Sydney nos anos 30, tendo tido a primeira publicação no início dos anos 60. Inspirando-se na observação da vida normal, a escrita sóbria e precisa de Anderson lida com os substratos ocultos na vida familiar, especialmente das mulheres.
Tem vários romances publicados e os seus contos foram publicados em revistas como The Bulletin, Meanjin e Heat.
Morreu em Sydney, com 93 anos a 9 de julho de 2010.Sorensen, Rosemary: Tirra Lirra author Jessica Anderson's legacy is greater than one book, The Australian, 16 July 2010.
Prémios Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1978: "Tirra Lirra by the River" Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1980: "The Impersonators" New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 1981: "The Impersonators" The Age Book of the Year Award: 1987: "Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories"
Bibliografia Romances An Ordinary Lunacy (1963) The Last Man's Head" (1970) The Commandant (1975) Tirra Lirra By the River (1978) The Impersonators (1980) Taking Shelter (1989) One of the Wattle Birds (1994)
Colecções de contos Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories (1987)
Leitura adicional Anderson, Jessica, "Starting Too Late", Meanjin 61.2, 2003, 209-216. Baker, Candida.Jessica Anderson. [Interview] Yacker 2: Australian Writers Talk About Their Work. Sydney: Picador, 1987. 14-27. Barry, Elaine. Fabricating the Self: The Fictions of Jessica Anderson. St Lucia: UQP, 1992. Bird, Delys. Rev. of Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson. Westerly 25 (1980): 78-80. Blair, Ruth. "Jessica Anderson's Mysteries." Island Magazine 31 (1987): 10-15. Ellison, Jennifer. Interview with Jessica Anderson. Rooms of Their Own. Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin, 1986. 28-49. Haynes, Roslyn. "Art as Reflection in Jessica Anderson's Tirra Lirra by the River." Australian Literary Studies 12 (1986): 316-23. Quigley, Marion. "Homesick: Women's Entrapment within the Father's House. A Comparative Study of the fiction of Helen Garner, *Beverley Farmer, Jessica Anderson and Elizabeth Harrower." Monash University, 1995. Sykes, Alrene. "Jessica Anderson: Arrivals and Places." Southerly 46.1 (1986): 57-71.
Categoria:Escritores da Austrália