Rosalie Ham is the author of three novels. Rosalie was born and raised in Jerilderie, New South Wales and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. She holds a master of arts in creative writing and teaches literature.
“It’s clear we’re visiting a small 1950s town not of history but as
imagined by Tim Burton: the gothic, polarized world of Edward
Scissorhands… Ham has real gifts as a writer of surfaces and
pictures, bringing Tilly’s frocks to surprising, animated life.” –
The New York Times Book Review
“The book’s true pleasures involve the way Rosalie Ham has
small-town living down pat…she channels welcome shades of British
novelist Angela Carter’s sly, funny, and wickedly Gothic
adornments…Blunt, raw and more than a little fantastical, the novel
exposes both the dark and the shimmering lights in our human
hearts.” – The Boston Globe
“With the retribution of Carrie, the quirkiness of Edward
Scissorhands, and the scandal of Desperate Housewives, this
novel will lend its cinematic qualities to the big screen later
this year.” —Booklist
“Ham’s descriptions of the materials, colors and fashions of the
1950s are detailed and fun. Tillie’s secrets are revealed slowly
and skillfully, and the final scene is brilliant and satisfying.
This is a novel of dark humor, revenge and high fashion.” –
Historical Novel Society Review
“[Rosalie Ham] is a true original. Blessed with an astringently
unsentimental tone and a talent for creating memorably eccentric
characters, Ham also possesses a confidently brisk and mischievous
sense of plot. It’s no wonder The Dressmaker, a tale of small-town
couture and revenge, is being adapted for film.” —The Sydney
Morning Herald
“Ham’s eye for the absurd, the comical, and the poignant are highly
tuned. [The Dressmaker] is a first novel to be proud of, and
definitely one to savor.” —The Weekend Australian
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