Image Attribution: Rosalie Ham, Booked Out Speakers Agency
Rosalie’s novels have now sold over 500,000 copies in Australia and internationally.
Rosalie Ham was born and raised in Jerilderie, New South Wales population 800. Returning to Australia after seeing the world, Rosalie ‘rushed to university because Gough Whitlam made it possible’, enrolling in Drama and Literature. But it was the story that ignited her flame and, having moved on to creative writing, Rosalie ‘skewed a few accumulated secrets’ and wrote her first novel, The Dressmaker (published in 2000).
The Dressmaker (novel) was on the VCE Readers list for Literature (2002-2006, & 2010-2013) and has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. It was short listed for the 2001 Christina Stead prize for fiction in the NSW Premier’s Literary awards,. It was nominated for Vision Australia’s Braille Book of the year as well as the Booksellers Association book of the year award.
