Helen O'Neill (journalist)

Helen O'Neill is a Walkley Award-nominated Australian freelance journalist and author. Born and educated in the United Kingdom, O'Neill worked as a newspaper and TV journalist in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom and is now an Australian resident.[1] O'Neill was awarded an Australian Literary Council Grant in 2009 which included a six-month residency at the Keesing Studio in Paris.[2]

Publications

Her first book, Life Without Limits, is a biography of David Pescud, a dyslexic who pioneered Sailors with Disabilities.[3]

O'Neill is best known as author of Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret and Extraordinary Lives, which details the life and art of the famous wallpaper and fabric designer Florence Broadhurst, whose death remains a mystery. The book was longlisted for a Walkley Award in 2006.[4]

The Australian department store David Jones commissioned O'Neill to write David Jones – 175 Years, whose publication in 2013 celebrated the retailer's 175th anniversary.[5]

A Singular Vision: Harry Seidler, her biography of architect Harry Seidler appeared in 2014. It was short-listed that same year for the Australian Book Design Awards, and, in 2015, for the Australian National Biography Awards.[5]

O'Neill's most recent publication Daffodil – Biography of a Flower appeared in 2017.[5]

Articles

Bibliography

  • Life Without Limits, Random House, Sydney, 2003 ISBN 9781863253734
  • Florence Broadhurst – Her Secret and Extraordinary Lives, Hardie Grant, Sydney, 2006
  • David Jones – 175 Years, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, 2013
  • A Singular Vision: Harry Seidler, HarperCollins, Sydney, 2014
  • Daffodil – Biography of a Flower, HarperCollins, Sydney, 2017

References

  1. ^ "Helen O'Neill". Helen O'Neill. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Literature - March 2008 closing dates - Australia Council for the Arts". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  3. ^ O'Neill, H. (Helen) (2003), Life without limits : the David Pescud story, Bantam Press, ISBN 978-1-86325-373-4
  4. ^ Austlit. "Florence Broadhurst : Her Secret and Extraordinary Lives | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b c Austlit. "Helen O'Neill | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 10 May 2025.


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