Tiggy Johnson is the editor of Page Seventeen. She is also a parent, a student, a teacher, a quilter and a writer.
Her short stories, poetry and articles have appeared in various Australian magazines including Cordite, Blue Dog and Verandah and she was awarded 2nd prize in the Herald-Sun/Collins Short Story Competition 2004.
Her first short story collection Svetlana or otherwise (Mockingbird, an imprint of Ginninderra Press) was launched by Paddy O'Reilly on 9th February, at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library.
Go here to see the review for Svetlana or otherwise that appeared in The Age A2 (Saturday 16th Feb 2008).
If you haven't got your copy yet, it's not too late. You can order a copy through our paypal facility here or download an order form, and send it with payment. Or, the Melbourne Athenaeum Library have stock. Or, ask your local bookstore to order a copy in for you. The ISBN is 978 1 74027 461 6.
Tiggy lives in Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges with her husband, Bryden, and their gorgeous children, Hamish, Claudia and Dylan.
Tiggy's blog: www.tiggyjohnson.blogspot.com
Links to some of Tiggy's work:
daddy's girl, Cordite 26: Innocence
Skydiving with elephants, Cordite 26: Innocence
Discovery, Cordite 26: Innocence
rooku, Moving Galleries, Spring 2007 Collection
Acid wash, Cordite 25: generation of zeroes
The tricycle, parentingexpress.com
Wiggles, parentingexpress.com
Something for Frankie, australianreader.com
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'Tiggy's is a new voice with a refreshingly domestic bent. From controlled crying and the quiet relief of a cup of tea, to pregnancy tests gone wrong; from neighbourly suspicion, to the suspicion that can tear relationships apart, Tiggy is writing about the everyday, the things we know, and, most importantly, the things we know we should know better. It is energising to read a writer who understands the importance of life's details, and who celebrates the small moments of decision and indecision that take us from day's beginning to day's end.' - Louise Swinn, Sleepers Publishing
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