Brooks, Geraldine

Field of activity
Journalist and Author
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35224531
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-487773

Biographies

Sydney born journalist, Brooks worked as a Middle-East correspondent during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Brooks worked for the Sydney Morning Herald before joining the Journal's Australasian bureau in the mid-1980s and then transferring to the the Middle-East. She spent several years as a Middle-East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Brooks reported on the Iran-Iraq war, the Palestinian uprising and the Gulf War. From 1993 to 1994 she was the United Nation's correspondent covering the peacekeeping operations in Somalia. Her first book Nine Parts of Desire: the Hidden World of Islamic Women was published in 1995. In 1999, Brooks was the recipient of the Kibble Literary Award for Women Writers for her second publication Foreign Correspondence. Her third publication, Years of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague, was released in 2001.

Brooks is married to American journalist Tony Horwitz and they have a son, Nathaniel.

Source: Perkins, Corrie. (2001) Sunday Age Agenda/Features 7/10/01 p. 3

View the full record at Australian Women's Register

Resources for Geraldine Brooks

Selected resources (7)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Years of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [2001]
    Published: Fourth Estate
  2. Foreign Correspondence
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [1998]
    Published: Anchor Books/Doubleday
  3. Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [c1995]
    Published: Anchor
  4. From Bland Street to Bosnia
    Waldren, Murray
    Series: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~waldrenm/bland.html
  5. Geraldine Brooks
    Series: http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0398/brooks
  6. The chronicler of chaosThe Sunday Age Agenda/Features 3 : The chronicler of chaos
    Perkins, Corrie
    [2001]
  7. Who's who in Australia 2001
    Herd, Margaret
    [2000]
    Published: Information Australia Group Pty Ltd

Resources by Geraldine Brooks (467)

  1. Foreign correspondence / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Book, Audio book : 1997-2010 ]
    Languages: English, Italian
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 111 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 64.744)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 64.744)

  2. Year of wonders : a novel of the plague / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Book, Audio book, Article : 2001-2010 ]
    Languages: English, German, Italian, [4 others]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 104 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 59.21)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 59.21)

  3. Nine parts of desire : the hidden world of Islamic women / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Book, Audio book : 1994-2008 ]
    Languages: English, German, Arabic, [2 others]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 154 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 56.01)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 56.01)

  4. People of the book / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Book, Audio book : 2007-2011 ]
    Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, [10 others]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 130 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 46.631)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 46.631)

  5. March : a novel / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Audio book, Book : 2005-2006 ]
    At 25 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 28.29)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 28.29)

  6. March / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Book, Audio book : 2005-2007 ]
    Languages: English, hrv, Chinese, German
    At 102 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.25)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 26.25)

  7. Caleb's crossing : a novel / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Book, Audio book : 2008-2011 ]
    Languages: English, Italian
    At 93 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 25.422)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 25.422)

  8. Caleb's crossing / Geraldine Brooks ; read by Jennifer Ehle
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Audio book, Book : 2011 ]
    At 46 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.869)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.869)

  9. The idea of home / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Book : 2011 ]
    At 28 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.331)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.331)

  10. Geraldine Brooks' Year of wonders / William Burden
    Burden, William
    [ Book : 2009 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.286)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.286)

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Resources about Geraldine Brooks (146)

  1. Foreign correspondence / Geraldine Brooks
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Book, Audio book : 1997-2010 ]
    Languages: English, Italian
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
    View online
    At 111 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 65.178)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 65.178)

  2. [Biographical cuttings on Geraldine Brooks, journalist, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.559)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.559)

  3. Geraldine Brooks' Year of wonders / William Burden
    Burden, William
    [ Book : 2009 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.257)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.257)

  4. Foreign correspondence / Geraldine Books ; read by the author
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Sound : 1997 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.519)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.519)

  5. Geraldine Brooks
    [ ]
    Possibly online
    At WhitehorseManning
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.271)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.271)

  6. Brooks, Geraldine: March.(Book Review)
    Kirkus Reviews
    [ Article : 2005 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.934)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.934)

  7. Year of wonders : Geraldine Brooks : NEAP smartstudy English guide / by Kay Perry
    Perry, Kay, 1959-
    [ Article : 1900 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.753)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.753)

  8. Meet the author: Geraldine Brooks (Aust) Adelaide Festival 2002
    Brooks, Geraldine
    [ Sound : 2002 ]
    At Barr Smith Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.59)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.59)

  9. Brooks, Geraldine, March.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
    Burkhardt, Joanna M
    Library Journal
    [ Article : 2005 ]
    View online (conditions apply)
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.51)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.51)

  10. Year of wonders : teacher text guides & worksheets
    Barillaro, Angie
    [ Book : 2011 ]
    At State Library of VIC
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.422)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.422)

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  2. Year of wonders / Geraldine Brooks ; read by Stina Nielsen
    Brooks, Geraldine, 1955-
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.422)

  3. Profile: Geraldine Brooks' new novel, "March".(8:00-9:00 PM)(Broadcast transcript)
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    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 1.063)

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  4. Interview: Geraldine Brooks discusses her new book "Year of Wonders".(9:00-10:00 PM)(Broadcast transcript)
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    This resource is likely to be relevant to your query (score: 0.913)

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  1. Geraldine Brooks' Year of wonders : insight text guide / Virginia Lee
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    [ Article : 2009 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.172)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.172)

  2. Geraldine Brooks.(Biography)
    Yampolski, Selma
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.808)

  3. Dames and Daughters of the French Court
    Brooks, Geraldine, 1875-
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.1)

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  4. Review of 'Caleb's Crossing' by Geraldine Brooks
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    [ Article : 2011 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.437)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.437)

  1. Exercises every day
    The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) Saturday 4 June 1949 Supplement: Supplement to "THE MAIL" p 3 Article Illustrated
    ... Exercises every day GERALDINE BROOKS, brunette Hollywood beauty, goes through a daily routine of exercises to keep her figure. GERALDINE BROOKS, brunette Hollywood beauty, goes through a daily routine of exercises to keep her figure. ... 35 words
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    This resource may have relevance to your query (score: 0.077)

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    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Tuesday 13 June 1950 Supplement: Woman's Magazine p 7 Article Illustrated
    ... title EAGLEMONT TWINS. "Here is a picture of my twin' daughters, ! Geraldine and Patricia, aged l8 months," writes their mother. "They have fair hair and blue eyes and are both full of mischief." horn Mrs. J. O'Donnell, 11 Brooks st., Eaglemont. ... 42 words
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  3. Ace Theatre
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    ... '.. Ace Theatre' John Lund and Wanda Hendrix are the stars ot "Miss' Tatlock's Millions," which show, .to-night: at the Ace Theatre. "Embraceable You," starring Dane Clark and Geraldine Brooks', also hews and : a Pete Smith feature ; complete - the programme., ... 43 words
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