Jill Kitson
Jill Kitson (10 January 1939 – 13 May 2013) was an Australian radio broadcaster and literary journalist.
She was born Jill Middleton Cameron, the only child in Sydney. She attended Ascham School and was school captain, then studied history and political philosophy at the University of Sydney.
In London she met Michael Kitson. They married in New Zealand in 1964 and had two sons, Michael and Max. The couple worked in Japan and later in England. Her book The British to the Antipodes was published in 1972. They moved back to Australia in 1974 and settled in Melbourne.
Kitson hosted Lingua Franca on ABC Radio and presented the literary programs First Edition and Book Talk from 1998 to 2006. She also worked as a literary editor for the publisher McPhee Gribble and served as a judge for the Miles Franklin Award and the Australian/Vogel Award.
She retired in 2005, moved to Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, and joined the board of Varuna, The Writers’ House in Katoomba. Jill Kitson died at home on 13 May 2013, aged 74.
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