Julia Leigh (born 1970) is an Australian novelist, film director and
screenwriter. In 2011 her debut feature film Sleeping Beauty was
selected to screen in official competition at the Cannes Film
Festival. She is an author of two award-winning novels, The Hunter and
Disquiet, for which she has been described as a "sorceress who casts a
spell of serene control while the earth quakes underfoot".Born in 1970
in Sydney, New South Wales, Leigh is the eldest of three daughters.
Her father was a physician and her mother a maths teacher.Leigh
majored in philosophy and law at the University of Sydney and was
admitted to the NSW Supreme Court as a Legal Practitioner. For a time
she worked as a legal advisor at the Australian Society of Authors
where she shifted interest into writing. Her mentors have included
authors Frank Moorhouse and, as part of the 2002â€"2003 edition of the
Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, Toni Morrison. In 2009,
Leigh was awarded a PhD in English from the University of Adelaide.
screenwriter. In 2011 her debut feature film Sleeping Beauty was
selected to screen in official competition at the Cannes Film
Festival. She is an author of two award-winning novels, The Hunter and
Disquiet, for which she has been described as a "sorceress who casts a
spell of serene control while the earth quakes underfoot".Born in 1970
in Sydney, New South Wales, Leigh is the eldest of three daughters.
Her father was a physician and her mother a maths teacher.Leigh
majored in philosophy and law at the University of Sydney and was
admitted to the NSW Supreme Court as a Legal Practitioner. For a time
she worked as a legal advisor at the Australian Society of Authors
where she shifted interest into writing. Her mentors have included
authors Frank Moorhouse and, as part of the 2002â€"2003 edition of the
Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, Toni Morrison. In 2009,
Leigh was awarded a PhD in English from the University of Adelaide.
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