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S. Elizabeth (Sarah Elizabeth) Jackson
1890–1923
An Australian writer whose brief life still feels vividly present through her stories and letters, she wrote with intelligence, humor, and close attention to everyday feeling.
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Petunia again : Sketches
by S. Elizabeth (Sarah Elizabeth) Jackson
About the author
Born in 1890 near Adelaide, Sarah Elizabeth Jackson was an Australian author associated with South Australia. University of Adelaide records describe her as the daughter of a Methodist minister, and note that she was educated at Methodist Ladies' College.
She published under the name S. Elizabeth Jackson, and later readers have also been able to trace her life through surviving letters and papers held in Adelaide collections. Those letters, written between 1910 and 1922, have helped preserve a fuller picture of her personality and work.
Jackson died on January 14, 1923, at just thirty-two. Even with a short life, she left behind enough writing and personal history to keep drawing interest from readers of early Australian literature.