Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany

Lisa Schwarzbaum, in a review for Entertainment Weekly, called Tiffany 'a marvelous observer, at times gently bawdy, aware of sights, sounds, smells, textures, and temperatures.' A contributor for Publishers Weekly remarked: 'Tiffany writes in a deceptively simple style, notable for its craft and heartbreaking clarity,' and went on to call the book 'a stunning debut.' In a review for Booklist, contributor Joanne Wilkinson wrote: 'Tiffany writes beautifully about the stark landscape and the even starker relationships between men and women,' and a contributor for Kirkus Reviews concluded that 'lapidary prose and keen historical feeling make it hard to believe this is a first novel.' BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES: PERIODICALSīooklist, January 1, 2006, Joanne Wilkinson, review of Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, p. In an interview with Michelle Griffin for Age Online, Tiffany remarked: 'I found some fantastic photos, … really enigmatic, that suggested all sorts of things outside the frame.' The book has won a number of awards in Australia, including the Victorian Premier's Award for an Unpublished Manuscript and the Australian Book Review Short Fiction Award, and it was short-listed for the prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction for 2006.

Tiffany had been doing research on the train when the idea for the story came to her. Her first novel, Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living, is the story of two agricultural scientists who meet on the government-run Better Farming Train in the 1930s. She later moved to Melbourne where she began working as an agricultural journalist for the Department of Natural Resources.

SIDELIGHTS:Ĭarrie Tiffany was raised on the outskirts of Perth, Australia, where she spent her early twenties working as a park ranger at Uluru. WRITINGS:Įveryman's Rules for Scientific Living (novel), Scribner ( New York, NY), 2006.Ĭontributor of agricultural articles to periodicals, including Victorian Landcare. Victorian Premier's Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, Australian Book Review Short Fiction Award, and Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist, all for Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living. Former park ranger, Uluru, Perth, Australia Department of Natural Resources, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, agricultural writer freelance agricultural writer, 1996.

Education: Attended University of Western Australia. Born 1965 in Yorkshire, Australia partner's name Tim children: Tess, Guy.

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany