Books
"Some people wonder what my books have in common. An Australian woman, an African-American man, and the most notorious French couple in the Twentieth Century? For those who have read all three, the thread is clear. They were superb writers. They were courageous people, who all felt 'outsiders' in society. Above all, they were passionate people, astute observers of society, who cared about the world, and felt angry about its injustices. It is probably not a coincidence that they were born at the beginning of the twentieth century, within a few years of each other. To me, theirs was the most radical and interesting generation in twentieth century history.
My books are all, in their different ways, voyages of discovery. I write books to learn, to stretch my horizons. These voyages of mine are full of risk and passion. But each time they leave me inspired and enriched. And I hope to do the same for my readers."
Works by Hazel Rowley
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Tête-à-Tête
The Tumultous Lives & Loves of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
"Sympathetic but clear-eyed, ... scrupulously nonjudgmental. Rowley ... manages to recapture the charm and the brilliance of the relationship."
William Grimes, The New York Times
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Richard Wright
The Life and Times
"Rowley's biography is wonderfully readable and fair to the subject. ... This is a first-rate biography worthy of its towering, larger-than-life subject."
Gerald Early, Christian Science Monitor
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Christina Stead
A Biography
"Hazel Rowley, in this splendidly detailed account, supplies the narrative that makes sense of the novels' angry, many-voiced, impatient, digressive brilliance.
Hazel Rowley, who is as patient and tactful as Stead was impatient and savage, has portrayed her 'monster' with exemplary clarity (and charity)."
Lorna Sage, The Times Literary Supplement