Janette Turner Hospital

Janette Turner Hospital
Born
Janette Turner

1942 (age 83–84)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Pen nameAlex Juniper
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
EducationUniversity of Queensland; Kelvin Grove Teachers College
Alma materQueen's University at Kingston
Years active1976–present
Notable worksDue Preparations for the Plague
Notable awardsQueensland Premier's Award;
2004 Davitt Award

Janette Turner Hospital (née Turner) (born 1942) is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer who has lived most of her adult life in Canada or the United States, principally Boston, Massachusetts, Kingston, Ontario.and Columbia, South Carolina. She also uses the penname "Alex Juniper".