Hilary McPhee

Hilary Jane McPhee AO (born 1941) is an Australian publisher, editor and businessperson. McPhee and Di Gribble founded the Australian publisher McPhee Gribble in 1975, which published the transformational novel Monkey Grip (1977), which launched the career of their friend Helen Garner.[1][2] McPhee has chaired the Australia Council for the Arts.[3] McPhee has an honorary doctorate from Monash University, was the inaugural Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Melbourne and remains a senior Fellow of the University.

She was awarded an Order of Australia for service to the Arts in 2003.[4]

She has been married three times, including to the writer Don Watson.

Bibliography
  • Other People's Words (2001, Picador) ISBN 0330491555
  • Wordlines: Contemporary Australian Writing editor, (2010, Five Mile Press) ISBN 9781742116587
  • Other People's Houses (2019, MUP) ISBN 9780522875645

References
  1. "Publisher and writer Hilary McPhee". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. Michael Heyward. "Publisher Diana Gribble nurtured literary talent". The Australian. News Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  3. "Hilary McPhee profile". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  4. "Officer of the Order of Australia - MCPHEE, Hilary Jane". itsanhonour.gov.au. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
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